Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

If I understand correctly, the advantages of working in 16 bit mode are more
relevant during the editing of the image in PS. I can't remember where I
read it (might have been Dan Burkholder's digital negative book) but there's
an awful lot of pixel twisting and bending that will normally degrade the
image quality as you edit along. Having the files in 16 bit mode (more data
= more flexibility) helps keep the image well-preserved. But once all the
editing has been done, (with layers, always) I'm not so sure it matters so
much. I could be wrong...

José

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Boley [mailto:tyler@...] 
Sent: vendredi, 14. janvier 2005 17:26
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Tyler's comments Re: 16 bit and printer output



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
...
> So, no one has convinced me yet that the work flow of working with a
file size that is twice 
> what is needed to output ( and store on a cd or dvd ) is worth this
trouble.

John, for me it's no trouble. Single channel files are still not that
big in hi bit, and storage gets cheaper and cheaper.
Rather than do a slurry of testing that may show different results
with different images hence a multitude of qualifiers to track down,
I'd rather just stay in hi bit the whole way.
Besides, the files may need further editing some day for different
output or whims.
Long ago, testing with a different RIP, I did see a difference,
sometimes. Since the RIP I use accepts hi bit in, I'll just stick with
it to make sure I'm getting the best possible for now.
It's working, and at some point it's more satisfying to make prints
than tests.
Tyler






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