Change to 16bit when editing, will it help?

[kenwood]

Hi all, I am wondering if it is a good practice to change the image to 16 bit before editing, in the hope of preserving as many colors as possible.

[Sinisa]

yes! you can test it: do the same corrections (go extreme!) on 8 bit image and on (the same but) converted to 16 bit. flatten then convert 16 bit back to 8 bit and look at the levels.

sinisa

[SilvaFox]

Then convert it to CMYK and print it on anything. It will look identical to 8 bit.

Looking at the levels is great for knowing the information is there, but what good does it do if you can't SEE it?

[byRo]

Originally Posted by Sinisa

go extreme!

......which is the only time that it makes any difference at all.

Otherwise you'll just eat up your memory and slow everything down.

Rô

[DiamondsDr47]

Best thing is to learn color management.