In article <B58C4F35.5F55%gle### [at] isrvcom> , Glenn Greenway 
<gle### [at] isrvcom>  wrote:

> Is there a standard method for 'upsampling' 8 bit greyscale images to 16 bit
> using MacMegaPov?  I know that POV can read 8 bits and write 16 but without
> an imtermediate smoothing step the resultant image isn't any smoother.

A computer screen can only display 8 bits per colour component, which also
limits it to 256 (8 bit) levels of grey.  You will not be able to see the
difference on screen if you use 65536 (16 bit) levels of grey.

16 bit per colour component or 16 bit greyscale for output are only useful
if you plan to post process the image in a program like PhotoShop, i.e. in
order to print it.


     Thorsten

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