Re: There are no stupid questions....
Re: There are no stupid questions....
- Subject: Re: There are no stupid questions....
- From: email@hidden (Anthony Sanna)
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:23:50 -0600
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I think you meant 16-bit = 65,536 shades...
I did. Thank you.
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However, for 16-bit values per channel, the theoretical maximum is (2^16)^3
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which is, indeed, 2.8147x10^14 (^ means to the power of). You are correct.
So then a 16-bit RGB file can theoretically produce 281 trillion colors,
right? Then how did Bruce arrive at his statement that a 16-bit RGB file
produces "almost 3 billion" colors?
I mean... a trillion here, a billion there and pretty soon you need a
bigger box of crayons!
Tony
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