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RE: [Digital BW] 16-bit Scanning: Why?

2001-12-05 by Austin Franklin

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin"
> <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> > What happens when you make tonal adjustments with 8 bits is
> you loose tonal
> > values.
>
>
> Would these tones "moving around" and getting shifted be
> responsible for a histogram that had holes in it?

Hi Mark,

Yes, you are absolutely correct.  Because you have "holes" (missing
codes/values) in the histogram, doesn't mean you are going to get
posterization, but I guarantee you, if you have posterization (due to image
"problems", not ink/printer problem) you WILL see holes in the histogram.

> If this is the case, then you certainly have my full-on attention.

OK ;-)

Regards,

Austin

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