> > Using Conversions Plus, I converted the file to BMP. This lost half the > > file size. (Does BMP not go beyond 8 bits?) But PhotoPaint 8 opened it > > just fine. > > BMP goes to 24 bits, at least. Conversions Plus did something else > with it, like maybe RLE compressing it.
8 bits is per color channel, so that is a 24 bits bmp. Anything more then 8 bits per cnahal will be treated as 16 bits per color, so that means 48 bits in total. I don't know if bmp supports that. > > > Then using Hijaak, I opened the original TIF file and trimmed off the > > black border from the scan. I saved it as TIF, and this time PhotoPaint > > 8 opened the file fine. So PhotoPaint doesn't like the black scan border > > saved as TIF. > > I don't think it's the black scan border that's the problem. I think > that Hijaak and PhotoPaint are just in better synch w.r.t. the TIFF > standard. Hijaak is definitely more lenient than many graphics > programs about what sort of malformations or misrepresentations it will > accept in an image file. It's probably also closer to the standard > than most scanning software, I'd guess. I agree, it is not likely the border, but the fact you saved it again. > > 2. But for all images, PhotoPaint 8's "Effects" tools were nearly all > > grayed out. I've never had this happen before, and I use some of these > > regularly. They work fine otherwise. > > This probably means that PhotoPaint didn't think it was a 24-bit-color > image. Many of the "Effects" can only be (reasonably) performed on a > 24-bit-color image. This happens with other programs as well as you open a file with 48 bit (16 per color channel). After converting it to 8 bit per channel you have all the options available. Frits W�thrich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
