> In my case, after extensive testing, I have come to the conclusion that the best quality is achieved by working in 8-bit all the way through. So I shoot Raw, do as much work as I can in the Raw Converter (12-bit) open the image as an 8-bit and it stays 8-bit from then on. > Herschel I'm afraid you've just contradicted yourself (or I've misunderstood your challenge). Converting your RAW to 8-bit is precisely and exactly the reason 16-bit is better. You have already made the major (most important) adjustments at the time you do that conversion. It's no surprise to me that from that point on working in 8-bit has little (no?) further impact. It's not difficult for me to come up with 16 bit images that will render better to 8-bit with care ove the same automatically saved as 8 bit. Bob
