Digital BW, The Print

> From: dschiemann
>
> Photoshop CS2 includes 8, 16 and 32 bit modes.  If you import a file at 8
> bit, can it be increased to 16 bit within Photoshop?  I noticed that when
> you do so the file size is doubled; but do you really have 16
> bits/channel
> now? or was this controlled by the capture device, e.g. a digital camera?

You don't add information when you convert to 16 bits, so there's no purpose
to doing so when archiving. However, for editing, converting to 16 bits
forces all subsequent calculations to be done in that mode, which
occasionally can provide a very slight benefit in image quality.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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