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16 bit support

m.d.arnold@adobeforums.com

2006-12-06, 8:15 pm

I purchased PSE3 because I was told it would support 16bit, only to find out that it offers"limited" 16bit support. I am trying to not use PSE5.0 because of my limited resources(it will work, but I am at the low end of the "required specs", so I thought t
hat PSE3 would do the job. It loaded fine, but only limited 16bit support. I need full raw and 16 bit support. Will PSE4 do that? I am completely happy with PSE2 except for the 16bit and Raw support. I have a AMD 1 ghz processor and 1gb ram using windows
xp home with a 64bit video card, with 17gb free space.
Regards
Millard

Colin Walls

2006-12-06, 8:15 pm

You have posted on the PSA forum. Here would be better: <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbb4ab0/>

16 bit support will always be limited, as it requires a huge hike in processor power [which you have already said you're short of]. For most purposes, getting the exposure sorted at 16 bit is quite enough. What else are you after?

m.d.arnold@adobeforums.com

2006-12-06, 8:15 pm

Collin, Thanks so much for you reply.
I am in the process of film scanning my old archives, and the software I am using gives the alternative of rendering in 16 bit and above. This does not seem to affect my processing time much, and I understand the more bits you can leave in your final edit
file, the more subtle tones you can bring out. I.E. shadow and highlight detail. I also, for convenience sake to be able to process my raws in PSE, but that is no big deal as I do have a Canon software"raw edit task" gives me tone curves, white balance,
eyedropper, sharpness, contrast, and brightness, levels, and then gives me a choice of making an 8bit tiff or a 16bit one.
Regards,
Millard