In article <40352395$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Severi Salminen" <sev### [at] NOT_THISsibafi> wrote:

> And eventhough you are using 32-bit mode, you see only 24-colors, unless you
> have some specialiced video card.

"32 bit color" is just 24 bit color with an extra byte every 3 bytes. 
This keeps memory nicely aligned, but contributes nothing to the color 
precision. It's just a memory/speed tradeoff, though the fourth value is 
often used for things like alpha.


> I also agree that 8-bits/channel is way
> too little with color gradations. And for editing purposes 16-bit/channel is
> sometimes mandatory. Sadly there are not many (consumer grade) video cards
> showing 48-bit colors.

You don't necessarily need to view it to get a benefit from it.

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