Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/13/06 3:40:41 PM, stevekphoto@... writes:


> I agree with your evaluation in this regard; but one thing I haven't
> gotten clear on yet: does hi-bit equal more shades of gray, or
> simply more control over the existing shades?
> 

When I send a highbit file (that was captured high bit, and should have more 
than 256 levels in it) to any of the current 16 bit export modules, I get a 
nice creamy result. But I get that same result if I dumb the file back to 8 bit 
before sending. And an indistinguishable result if I send it via an 8 bit 
driver instead of a 16 bit export module (this is assuming similar profiling 
before these tests). So I don't see a real 16 bit advantage, but can't really prove 
where it comes from, or where it goes to...

But neither am I unhappy with the results, so I'm not complaining, just 
unconvinced...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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