POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : 48-bit to 24-bit Dithering : Re: 48-bit to 24-bit Dithering Server Time
28 Jun 2024 01:44:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 48-bit to 24-bit Dithering  
From: Warp
Date: 26 May 2005 15:44:27
Message: <4296271b@news.povray.org>
Daniel Hulme <pho### [at] isticorg> wrote:
> I think 24bit images have more colour resolution than you or I do

  Have you tried making grayscale images with a 24-bit resolution?
Have you counted how many shades of grey you have available at
that bit depth? Answer: 256.

  256 shades of grey may be enough for most applications, but not
for all. You start seeing the limitation in some cases.

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                                                          - Warp


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