At 2004-09-16, 10:01:51 karl shah-jenner (shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: >> The fact is that the real application for 16bit/channel images (except >for some rare applications), is for, as I said above, digital retouching. > With 16bit/channel the digital retouching algorythms has a lot more >information Karl Just a reminder that PhotoSHop only uses 15 not 16 bits. Generate a 16-bit TIFF, load it into PS, save it as a TIFF ... voila, image degredation ... ... then again, since 8-bits can capture all meaningful levels of luminance information about the world I don't know why anyone would want more, let alone the floating point TIFFs used by HDR shop (one of the best freeware games I have ever downloaded) http://www.debevec.org/HDRShop/ Bob -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm
