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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 :)

I understood that 32 bit graphics mode have 24 color, and 8 bit
transparancy levels.  So this may be useful for something after all...

Eric

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