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- From: markg@gvgdsd.GVG.TEK.COM (Mark Gydesen)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
- Subject: Re: Your one stop GRAPHICS shop!
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- Date: 8 Jan 93 06:27:54 GMT
- References: <38346@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1993Jan6.150118.24767@a.cs.okstate.edu> <1ifdfaINNim7@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
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- In article <1ifdfaINNim7@hpscit.sc.hp.com> klui@corp.hp.com (Kenneth K.F. Lui) writes:
- >if full-color display hardware is available. People won't have
- >8-bit video forever, and I see the trend going towards 24-/32-bit
- >video in the near future. The trend is JPEG; GIF will die soon
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- There is no need to go beyond 24 bit color, unless you want to store IR
- or UV data as well as visible light. The human eye can only distinguish
- up to 24 bits of color information.
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- But then again, one never knows... for 3D images, or heat sensitive
- images etc... beyond 24 might become practical, ... sorry for the
- interruption.
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