Wow MV! You're either highly intelligent or quite insane (both maybe?) I'll assume intelligent ;-) I have suggested 16-bit color because in my experience browsing the web on a PC, that is enough to view most pages quite well. I suggested 16-bit color as a minimum requirement because if it can be better without compromising other features then it should be. --- MagerValp <MagerValp@cling.gu.se> wrote: > >>>>> "WL" == William Levak <wlevak@cyberspace.org> > writes: > > WL> 24 bits is enough to produce 4,000,000 colors, > which is more than > WL> enough since the human eye can only see > 3,000,000. > > 24 bits = 16777216 different colours, but it's not > enough -- human > eyes can make out more shades; the 3000000 figure > just isn't compar- > able. 24 bits means 8 bits each for red, green and > blue. If you have a > nice, linear shade across the screen from 0 > intensity green to 255 > intensity green, it'll appear nice and smooth with > no visible banding. > Now try it with light beige to light grey -- there's > lots of banding. > For a perfectly images, you need somewhere between > 30 and 36 bits per > pixel. > > -- > ___ . . . . . + . > . o > _|___|_ + . + . + . . Per > Olofsson, konstnär > o-o . . . o + > MagerValp@cling.gu.se > - + + . > http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/ > - > This message was sent through the cbm-hackers > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi. ===== Get a FREE 6Mb webmail box from go6502! - http://www.geocities.com/profdredd As low as 2.99% Intro APR from NextCard! - http://www.nextcard.com/index6.html?ref=aff0074521 PayPal is the FAST FREE and SECURE way to send money! - https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=profdredd%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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