Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

> The great thing about Photoshop CS is that you now have all of the tools
and
> layers available in 16-bit that you had in 8-bit. The bad news is that the
> working file sizes get really out of hand as you start adding layers in
> 16-bit mode. However, the good news is that you can save an initial 16-bit
> version of your file and then an 8-bit version. Work out all of your
layers
> and adjustments in the 8-bit file. When you are done put all the layers in
a
> layer folder, open up the 16-bit version of the image you saved, drag the
> layer folder from the 8-bit to the 16-bit image and presto you have a
16-bit
> file that is identical to what you would have had if you had done all the
> work in 16-bit. Very cool!

This is about the most useful tip I've seen on this forum for quite some
time now. I'm definitely going to try this technique with my somewhat
immense LF files; several have gone over 1GB working up the image in 16-bit
mode all the way through!

Thank you,
Alan Huntley