Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/08

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Subject: Re: Off topic -- digital
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 97 05:32:16 -0400

>The reason is subtle, though.
>The problem is Photoshop.  A good scanner will give you 12 bits per
>channel, each of R, G, and B, or for a monochrome image, just 12 bits.
>Photoshop will only accept 8 bits per channel.

??? -- Photoshop 4.0 can do 16 bits per channel in either RGB or 
grayscale. Maybe the problem is your scanner software. Photoshop 3 can do 
over-8 bit depths if you install the appropriate plug-in.

- - Paul