Digital BW, The Print

PS Elements has limited 16-bit file support.  One limit appears to be that
it cannot convert an 8-bit file to 16-bit.  However, there is a way to do
this.  Simply copy and paste the 8-bit file into a blank 16-bit file.  To
facilitate this, I've posted 2 small, blank 16-bit files at 

http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Test-files.htm .  One is grayscale, one is
RGB.

 

All that Elements users need to do is download these and, when the need
arises, resize them to accommodate the target file, and paste it in.

 

In one test I tried, an typical original 8-bit Jpeg RGB file was pasted into
the RGB 16-bit file.  It was then converted to grayscale.  Comparing the
histograms of grayscale files of identically and significantly manipulated
images, where one was converted to 16-bit first and one was kept in 8-bit,
the file that had been converted to 16-bit first appeared to contain
substantially more information.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

 



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