[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> > > You do realize that potentially no monitor, and certainly no LCD screen,
> > > can output this level of color, right? (Perhaps they dither it down?)
> > > 10 bits per channel is primarily useful for internal calculations, as
> > > far as I know.
> > >
> > > So you'd better start your investigation with: "can I even see 10 bits
> > > per channel?" rather than "how?".
> >
> > To my knowledge, a monitor is an analogous device, that can potetially
> > display _any number_ of intermediate shades of each primary colour.
> >
> > The delimiting factor, I agree, would be the human eye! I wonder, if it
> > is capable of distinguishing between 1024 shades of a primary color?
>
> Broadcast television has been using 10 bits per colour for
> some conciderable time. If you try and display a shaded
> field, going from one level to another, 4 horizontal or
> vertical pixels at the same colour can be seen as a step,
> while the same thing with four quarter steps ( the
> difference between 8 bit and 10 bit ) will resture the
> smooth appearance. So while the eye can't distinguish 1024
> shades, it can distinguish 256 shades and so a slow
> graduation of colour becomes 'steppy'.
OK, ok. convinced... 8-)
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