On Fri, 21 May 2004 11:22:37 +0100 Cavendish Studios wrote: >Whilst there is a significant tonal improvement between the 8 bit produced >image and the image first manipulated in 8 bit then changed to 16 bit and >then back to 8 bit at the end, there is virtually no discernable difference >between the 8 to 16 to 8 bit image and the image that was manipulated >entirely in 16 bit before being dropped back to 8 at the end!
Sorry to rock the boat but that's not what I found! (see my last post) Applying a heavy curve to a grad in 8 bit leaves mid tone banding, in 16 bit it doesn't. Conversion dithers make no visible difference. Mail me off list if you'd like to see the two files. David Hoffman -- __________________________________________________________ David Hoffman Photo Library <http://www.hoffmanphotos.com> phone +44 (0)20 8981 5041 fax +44 (0)20 8980 2041 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
