Photoshop Version 5.5 can receive 16 bit per color files. It may be the scanner and/or the scanner software that is limiting it to 8 bit files. Mark Nelson In a message dated 7/8/00 10:12:05 AM, nick@mcn.org writes: << Photoshop can not apparently (?) recieve a file directly from a scanner at a bit depth greater than 8 bits (per color). >>