Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> wrote/replied to: >It's incredible how many people still sing the mantra " 8-bits good, >16-bits bad". That is even odder than the cranky old farts that resis >t going digital <grin>. 8-bits per channel was never a graphic design >issue it was just a necessity harking back to the early days when most >processors worked on 8-bit bytes (yes, I remember 7-bit bytes). Today >there is no reason to at least not have the facility. It would need a >new format - PhotoShop would need to be rewritten to handle it >seamlessly ... and it goes on ... Well, the new Neatimage I bought does now handle 16 bit TIFs so at least I can do serious work with that. I can usually completely handle a TIF in 16 bit. Jim Davis - checkout the Motorcycle Headlight Relay Kit at: http://jimdavis.oberro.com/html/bike_acc_.html
