One must remember, as much as we love Herb (well, I like him!)
that 16 bit might be overkill. I've done the tests. I like 8 bit.
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Herb wrote:
i'm surprised you see any difference. that isn't the point. the point
is that 8-bit mode allows you a few manipulations before you
A number of people have commented on 16 or 8 bits with respect to RAW file
conversion:
The current issue of Photo Techniques Magazine has an excellent article
written by Norman Koren on getting the most from a RAW file. While the
article is not available on line, here is a link to the
Herb wrote:
i'm surprised you see any difference. that isn't the point. the point
is that 8-bit mode allows you a few manipulations before you see
artifacts. 16-bit mode allows you quite a bit more before that starts to
happen.
Thanks, Herb. I wasn't aware of that. I may now try more 16-bit
bringing up shadow detail is where the difference is most noticeable.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Bit selection for Pentax RAW file?
Herb wrote:
i'm surprised you
What are you ultimately going to do with the images? If you will print
them, or have them printed, the output device will print them at 8 bits.
I use 16 bits only for the most important images. Even still, onscreen,
I can see very little difference between 8 and 16 bits. So I rarely use
16
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To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Bit selection for Pentax RAW file?
I use 16 bits only for the most important images. Even still, onscreen,
I can see very little difference between 8 and 16 bits. So I rarely use
16 bits.
--- Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are you ultimately going to do with the images?
If you will print
them, or have them printed, the output device will
print them at 8 bits.
I will archive PEF file. I will import temporarily
when its needed.
Some numbers for a sample image
On 16 Apr 2004 at 18:13, Ramesh Kumar wrote:
Hi,
I am using Adobe7 to convert PEF files into
TIFF.
During this conversion, I think, I should select
16bit.
Am I right?
If you are using the Pentax RAW Plugin as an import filter for PS7 then the
files will be imported as 16 bits per
On Friday, Apr 16, 2004, at 21:13 America/New_York, Ramesh Kumar wrote:
I am using Adobe7 to convert PEF files into TIFF.
During this conversion, I think, I should select 16bit.
Am I right?
You should select 16 bits if you want the best quality. However the
TIFF files will also be large,
On 16 Apr 2004 at 22:30, Juey Chong Ong wrote:
btw, what do you use to convert PEF to TIFF in Photoshop 7? I had to
upgrade to Photoshop 8 to get the Adobe RAW Plug-in to recognize PEF.
AFAIK the only PEF import filter that will work in PS7 is Pentax's own PENTAX
RAW FILE Plugin Version
I use PS CS.
I had old version of plugin, I used to operate it
using File/Import-Export/Raw plugin. This does not
have BIT selection capablity. In this one, I had
created action using File/Import-Export/Raw plugin
In newversion of plugin, I can use File-Open to open
a PEF file, a conversion dlg
Sorry my initial mail said PS7 that is wrong, I use PS
CS.
Ramesh
--- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 16 Apr 2004 at 22:30, Juey Chong Ong wrote:
btw, what do you use to convert PEF to TIFF in
Photoshop 7? I had to
upgrade to Photoshop 8 to get the Adobe RAW
Plug-in to
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