Re: Why does 16 bpp look the same as 24 bpp?
On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 02:34:31AM +0800, k e c h i e wrote:
> 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.
>
> Try doin' some gradients in GIMP.
Or some povray pictures. You can detect distinct stripes in 16bpp but none
in 24bpp. Everything above 24bpp (32bpp) would be insane. It's nice there is
at least one thing that doesn't need to be improved in the computer world :)
Marcus
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