On 19 Nov 2001 07:01:32 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>  That's exactly why I'm amazed that most image manipulation softwares
>(including the top-of-the-line ones, like photoshop) do not have good
>support for color depths higher than 24 bits. Most don't have any support,
>some of them (eg. photoshop) have some support, but it's very limited (eg.
>most filters don't work in that mode).

Can you name a typical desktop machine (Windows, Mac, Linux) which can
work with 16 bits per channel? I know of none. However, graphics
workstations like SGI can, and do, use 48bpp color (or 64, with
alpha). So it all comes down to the definition of "professional" :)


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