Nice explanation pranav ;) You can just as easily use 24 bit instead of 32 bit, cos' 32 bit is just 24bit colour+8bit greyshades for alpha channels.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:36 AM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Another Photoshop question > > Computers display images in various quality, which among other things > depends on the number of shades drawn on stage. The more colors you > display, the longer it takes for the screen to display and also results in > larger file sizes. > > 32-bit color can have a color range of about 16.7 million color shades. > This results in practically every possible shade discernible to the human > eye to be displayed. Hence, the shades are smoother, without any banding. > > 16-bit color uses approximately 65,000 colors. This results in smaller file > sizes than 32-bit images. However, when using images with lots of > gradiations the display tends to get banded. If you have large patches of > solid color (for interfaces, maybe) you can usually use 16-bit color. For > photographs, it's often a wiser choice to use 32-bit color. > > When Director asks you what color depth you wish to import your image at, > it gives you a choice between the depth of the image and the depth of the > current monitor. If the file is of a higher bit depth, then the colors are > resampled to a lower depth. Importing a low bit depth file at a higher bit > depth doesn't increase the colors in it or reduce banding that is already > present in the image. > > Pranav Negandhi > New Media Applications. > Learnet India Limited, Mumbai. > Phone: 91-22-859 8042 Ext: 410 > > > > > <snip> > >But afterwards it's better to convert the images to 16 bit (dither). > > >because > >32 bit takes a lot of memory espacially on older pc's > > >Do that with "modify" -> "convert bitmap" > >T__ > > > So may I tick the box beside the (stage)16 bit image when I am > importing > the image? > > What's the difference? > <snip> > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
