You're welcome. I hope it helps you understand why you want to edit in
16 bits. But, when you're done editing, conversion to 8-bit JPEG is
perfectly adequate for output. In fact more than adequate for printing.
The dynamic range of a print is more like 5 bits rather than 8.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/13/2013 6:58 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chuck wrote
>> _>
>> _> The bit depth of your computer is independent of the bit depth of your
>> _> images. If you're running Windows 95 (1995) or later you're running a
>> _> 32-bit operating system. The bit depth of the processor controls the
>> _> maximum amount of memory that can be directly addressed.
>
> (big snip)
>
> Thanks very much, Chuck.
> I copied all that in to a docx document, saved it, and printed it out. I read
> every line ..
>
> Brian Swale
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