Digital BW, The Print

John,

1 Since the experts can't yet agree whether there is any benefit to be seen 
on the final print of using 16bit files, 'ordinary' photograpers are 
unlikely to notice the difference between working in 8 bit and 16bit.

2    AFAIK there is no advantage in converting 8bit files to 16bit.

3    I doubt that most 'ordinary' photographers use these corrections.

4    Good for 'ordinary' photographers - yes. Good for you - no.

5    For one-tenth of the price of Photoshop CS, it is very good value for 
money IMHO. People who find they must have the extras of CS can upgrade at a 
favourable rate later.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Houghton" <j.houghton@...>




The support of 16-bit mode in Elements 3 is severely limited.  You
cannot have multiple 16-bit layers of any type.  Nor can you convert
an 8-bit image to 16-bits.  You cannot use the selection brush either
(a sort of quick mask mode substitute).  Pathetic, really.  The RAW
converter is also limited in that it does not have the very useful
options to correct chromatic aberration and vignetting.  Good for
ordinary photographers?  I think not.