http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/ A Graphics forum thread at WPDFD.com en-us 01/18/05, 018 29 2005 2005:%i:1106083770 16:29:30 06/07/13, 158 25 2013 2013:%i:1370589913 03:25:13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NineLabs Framework Feed Generator sitemaster@wpdfd.com sitemaster@wpdfd.com http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1725 01/18/05, 018 29 2005 2005:%i:1106083770 16:29:30 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1725 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1726 01/18/05, 018 37 2005 2005:%i:1106109441 23:37:21 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1726 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1727 01/19/05, 019 39 2005 2005:%i:1106127585 04:39:45 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1727 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1728 Alex said:
Thanks for this. When you say there aren't many 16-bit displays out there any more is that just a feeling you have or do have hard information on this? My other thought is that maybe it is possible to produce a smooth gray to white gradient with the 65,000 colors available on a 16-bit display?

According to the thecounter.com 16-bit displays still account for 23% of surfers. 16-bit colour is not paletted like 8-bits, it is a subset of 32-bit and you can't choose which. Instead of having 8-bits each for R,G and B there are 5 red, 6 green and 5 blue, so the steps between them are much greater. Instead of 256 shades of each colour there are only 32 reds and blues and 64 greens. Gradients will be banded no matter what you do.]]> 01/19/05, 019 38 2005 2005:%i:1106145521 09:38:41 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/graphics/jpeg_gradient_16bit_color_monitors/#p1728