Digital BW, The Print

> The conversion took place in something called zoombrowser-ex 
> but they didn't end up in PS as 16 bit but as 8 bit. Don't 
> things have to be converted to 8 bit to use a lot of the PS tools?

Tim, I never used the Canon raw converter because of an internet convergence
of opinion that it was really bad.  But it should open in PS as a 16-bit
(really 12-bit) file.  PS 8 (a/k/a PS CS  - what were they thinking with
that name?) allows layers and more tools in 16-bit.  Fortunately I don't
print that large (up to 10x15 image size or so) but with 1.3 gb RAM it's a
little slow in 16-bit.