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
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:39:38 EST
In a message dated 11/9/00 2:24:50 AM, email@hidden writes:
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I learned today from my service bureau that PhotoShop 6 does NOT support
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16-bit LAB. I had requested scans in that configuration. They thought they
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could do it. After finding that PS wouldn't open them, they called Adobe
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and
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got word that despite all the documentation to the contrary, PhotoShop
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doesn't support it.
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So what's up with that? (Or, is this old news?)
Old news on this list at least... Henrik and I have been politely harassing
Chris Cox for 16 bit LAB TIFF capability since well before Photoshop 6
shipped... and the answer is a resounding "yes, somehow, sometime, some form,
later..." In the mean time Lino's NewColor builds excellent 16 bit LAB TIFFs
that convert nicely through Apple's ColorSync filters... and Photoshop offers
16 bit LAB in its native Photoshop format. So if they are not using a high
end Lino scanner with NewColor (on a PC <G>) then get them to save the files
for you as highbit tagged RGB with the scanner profile attached, or to
convert that to highbit LAB in the Photoshop format.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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