Re: No 16-bit LAB in PhotoShop 6
Re: No 16-bit LAB in PhotoShop 6
- Subject: Re: No 16-bit LAB in PhotoShop 6
- From: email@hidden (Bruce Fraser)
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 00:48:31 -0700
At 11:19 PM -0800 11/8/00, Doug Brightwell wrote:
I learned today from my service bureau that PhotoShop 6 does NOT support
16-bit LAB. I had requested scans in that configuration. They thought they
could do it. After finding that PS wouldn't open them, they called Adobe and
got word that despite all the documentation to the contrary, PhotoShop
doesn't support it.
So what's up with that? (Or, is this old news?)
It's only half the story.
Photoshop supports 16-bit Lab, but only in .psd format. The service
bureau is probably using the latest Heidelberg software that allows
them to save 16-bit Lab scans in "TIFF" format. I put "TIFF" in
quotes because there isn't yet a TIFF spec for 16-bit Lab. So right
now, Photoshop can't read Heidelberg's 16-bit Lab files.
I know that Chris Cox is working with Heidelberg (and others) to nail
down a 16-bit Lab TIFF spec. Once it exists, I'm sure Photoshop will
support it.
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