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- From: sjchmura@kimbark.uchicago.edu (steven joseph chmura)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Banding Still Imminent in AGA 256,000 color mode!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.035831.21245@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 03:58:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.144504.9669@ac.dal.ca> <71985@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <71985@cup.portal.com> EcoDev@cup.portal.com (Eco - Development) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >> I just compared 256 color modes with AGA HAM8 256K+ colors, and I still see
- >>banding in the 256,000 color mode, why?? With all those colors
- >>shouldn't the banding disappear?
- >>
-
- >Bottom line. 24 bits of color is plenty, unlike what you hear from other
- >sources. The human eye cannot distiguish more than 2,000,000 colors.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Flame ON:
- This has <nil scientific support. If you knew how the eye worked
- you would realize this.
-
- Render a RED ball in the 256 color REG mode. You will see
- banding.
-
- Flame OFF:
-
- Anyway, if you want my source it is Dr Tripathy of the University of
- Chicago Medical school. She does her research in color vision and
- has won numerous awards ect.
-
- Please consult a typical medical text for any further details...
-
-
- >Try different resolutions and bit depths and dithering techniques and
- >you will get better results.
- >
- >
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- > % EcoDev@cup.portal.com /\ %
- > % Eco Development 606-371-9690 \/ (just ask) %
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- ________________________________________________________________________________Steven Chmura University of Chicago Medical School(M1)
- "Given enough time, the impossible becomes probable, and the probable
- inevitable.." -George Wald, "On the Origins of Life"
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