it stays in 16-bit mode until i am done. then i downsample to 8-bit mode and save in Photoshop format. once in 8-bit mode, i almost always only crop or create JPEGs for emailing.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 13:08 Subject: Re: Digital Delays? > Yes, but what bit depth do you save in? If it's 8 bit and do much in Curves or > Levels there'll be all sorts of gaps in the histogram, that can be seen in prints. > It's much more visable hit than repeated high quality JPG saves. > Unless I know I'm going to probably do something later to a scan, and save in PSD, I > do all my work in 16 bit, convert to 8 bit and then save in JPG, quality level 10. > This creates a file that is suitable for any printing that I need. If I will need > prints in a particular size, I crop and resize to that size print and then usually > down sample to 300 dpi and do a "save as...".
