16 Bit Versus 8 Bit Mode

CATEGORIES: Photoshop, Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Chris Alvanas | March 06, 2008

Photographer Chris Alvanas demonstrates the best way to maintain your image adjustments when working between 16bit and 8bit modes.

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GREAT…A whole new understanding…thank you again…

Is there any way I can save these tutorials?

Comment by William L. (Frank) Collins | March 12, 2008 @ 5:03 pm

Excellent tutorial, bit conversion without losing the integrity

Comment by Elayidom | March 16, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

Why would you even convert to 8 bit?
Save file size?
Doesn’t converting to a smart object retain large file size?

Just wondering, I’m a noob in this arena.

Comment by Mr. A | March 20, 2008 @ 5:07 am

William- Save as a PDF

Comment by Mrs. | April 13, 2008 @ 8:08 pm

use less …..

Comment by Gunpreet Singh | June 15, 2008 @ 2:01 am

i think my eyes are spoilt because i can’t see any difference between the 8bit and 16bit!

Comment by Paul | December 1, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

[...] of your question, and how to work with them – http://www.earthboundlight.com/photo…ifference.html http://www.layersmagazine.com/16-bit…-bit-mode.html As for the CMYK conversion, it might depend on the preference of the printer or art director [...]

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You’ve got to be kidding me…

Comment by Patrick | December 7, 2009 @ 3:38 am

from what I understand, adjusting in 16 bit is like adjusting in RAW vs. jpeg – you have more colors you’re working with. Photo printers only print in 8 bit, though. So, like he does, do all your adjusting in 16 bit if you can so that you can work with as much color depth as possible, and only then do you convert to 8 bit for printing.

Comment by Ian | December 20, 2009 @ 3:36 pm

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