Re: Why does 16 bpp look the same as 24 bpp?
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> I can't tell the difference between 16bpp and 24bpp 24 colour JPEG
> files, viewed with xv.
24 color JPEG's or 24 _bit_ color JPEG's? You can get 2^24 colors with 24
bit color.
> Can anybody explain this? I would have thought that 65K colours would
> _not_ look as good as 16M!
16M? That's ram, not sure what the conversion is to the number of colors,
but that depends on your resolution.
Sounds like you may be getting your units messed up. The big advantage of
lots of colors isn't one picture, but being able to run lots of apps with
lots of colors each. I.e. you can run 2^8 apps using 16 bit color each
with 24 bit color.
Dang, I need more than one meg on my card.
HTH,
Brandon
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