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8 bit or 16 bit?

rodovideo
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Nov 7, 2005, 9:28 PM

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8 bit or 16 bit?	Can't Post

I guess this will be like my raw vs jpeg question....
When working with images... do you work in 16 bit(or higher) or in 8 bit. My system gets a workout trying to handle 16 bit stuff.

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Postal_Boy
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Nov 9, 2005, 5:53 PM

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Re: [rodovideo] 8 bit or 16 bit? [In reply to]	Can't Post

what is your source? if your source is 8 bit, then working in 16 bits is just crunching the same numbers, with more bits.

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jt53787
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Nov 30, 2005, 7:27 PM

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Re: [rodovideo] 8 bit or 16 bit? [In reply to]	Can't Post

If you shoot RAW which is 12-bit then you can export a 16bit PSD or Tiff to work with, but this is really only beneficial if you are going to CYMK print like a magazine and you should also be shooting Adobe RGB to be capturing more color.

If you don't need that info, then shoot RAW or JPEG with the sRGB color space and convert your RAW image to 8-bit jpegs to work with.
That's definitely plenty of information!!

JT

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