Re: 8-bit vs. 24-bit color

Pamela Mason (mailto:pmason@NALUSDA.GOV)
Wed, 14 Sep 1994 11:58:33 -0400

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Date:         Wed, 14 Sep 1994 11:58:33 -0400
From: Pamela Mason <mailto:pmason@NALUSDA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: 8-bit vs. 24-bit color
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>

On Tue, 13 Sep 1994, Matthew Gilmore (DC Pub. Lib) wrote:

> I hate to just interject here, but...
> what about black and white images? Would it make sense to go with 24 bit
> or 8?
>
> Matthew Gilmore
> mailto:mgilmore@capcon.net
>
Matthew, Sorry not to be clearer. This was a discussion about color images, as in scanned slides. B/W text is best saved as bitonal (Black/White). Pamela *ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ*ÿ* | Pamela Mason, Project Manager | National Agricultural Library |
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