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Re: Digital Negatives -- baby question



I believe that the extra bits are for Alpha channels.

Gary Miller


> From: "Jeffrey D. Mathias" <jeffrey.d.mathias@worldnet.att.net>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 18:16:56 -0400
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Digital Negatives -- baby question
> 
> Judy Seigel wrote:
>> ... Apparently the software had 16 bit scanning as the
>> default. But when I got it into Photoshop, the program would inform me it
>> couldn't do a thing above 8 bits. ...
>> I'd be curious for a REALLY elementary
>> explanation of what use the extra bits are ...
> 
> There are some good explinations by Wayne Fulton at:
> 
> http://www.scantips.com/index.html#menu
> 
> and look at:
> 
> http://www.scantips.com/basics14.html
> 
> -- 
> Jeffrey D. Mathias
> http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
>