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RE: [Digital BW] 8x16 bits and BW

2002-05-23 by Austin Franklin

Hi Allesandro,

> ...(although I
> don't know why converting from 16 to 8 in PS is better than scanning in 8
> bits)

It depends on when you do your tonal curves.  Remember, most every scanner
is going to scan in ONLY high bit, it's how they work.  Typically, you have
a choice of 8 bit tone curve applied output, or raw output, but as I said,
both are scanned at the bit depth of the scanner, therefore there really is
no "scanning in 8 bits".

Austin

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