#Photoshop convert image to 16 bit how to

Try to work in 16-bit mode for as long as possible. When we have to make large prints or create HDR photography or care to preserve great range of tonal values, it is wise to work on our images in a 16 bit mode, which gives us greater tonality and color values. Hence, it’s also called as 24 bit image.ġ6 Bit = 65,536 colors per color componentģ2 Bit = 4,294,967,296 colors per color component If we consider a RGB document then 8 Bits of information for Red, 8 Bits of information for Green and 8 Bits of information for Blue. Most of Graphic software, by default, work on 8 Bit per color channel, providing two options for Color Modes (RGB & CMYK) and default value for Color Profile as per your choice of Color Mode.Ī 8 Bit document generally means 8 Bits of color information per color component or color channel. When referring to a color component, the concept can be defined as bits per component, bits per channel, bits per color (all three abbreviated bpc) and also bits per pixel component, bits per color channel or bits per sample (bps). When referring to a pixel, the concept can be defined as bits per pixel (bpp). The simplest image, 1 Bit image, can only show two colors, black and white. It does not mean that the image necessarily uses all of these colors but that it can instead specify colors with that level of precision. More Bits of information per pixel, result in more available colors and more accurate color representation of an image, thereby also affecting the size of image. Binary system works only with ‘Two’ values either ‘0’ or ‘1’.īit Depth specifies, ‘how much color (tonal) information is available for each pixel in an image’ or ‘color information stored in an image’. The word ‘Bit’ came from two words, ‘Binary’ and ‘Digit’.

#Photoshop convert image to 16 bit how to

How to change Bit preferences in Photoshop.How many Bit should we use in Photoshop.Why to use Bits more than what we can see.How to calculate number of Colors with Bit.