Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael Chmilar said the following on 11/3/2003 7:40 PM: > Clive Moss <chmphoto@sbcglobal.net> said: > > >>[...] switch it to Greyscale using Image>Mode [....] What I do not >>understand is if I am losing information. > > > To be pedantic for a moment: information has been lost because > it is no longer possible to convert the grayscale image back to > color. > Yes, of course. What I was trying to understand is the difference, if any between gray in RGB and grayscale as B/W images. I cannot see how there can be a difference, given that R=G=B. The additional two channels provide no information, and I cannot convert them back to color. - -- Clive http://clive.moss.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html