[Digikam-users] jpeg from DSLR workflow: to 16bit or not

[Gilles Caulier]

This is a wrong workflow. JPEG is always 8 bits encoded...

Use RAW format instead. encoding is > 12 bits... But you need to
postprocess image as your camera do...

Gilles Caulier

2009/9/23 Leonardo Canducci <leonardo.canducci at gmail.com>:
> jpegs from my nikon d50 have 8bit color depth (as any jpeg AFAIK) but
> I read that if I plan to edit the histograhm with tools like levels or
> curves I'd better use 16bit color depth to avoid posterization, even
> when the source is 8bit. Is that true? What's the best way to handle
> this tools minimizing quality/information loss when source is a 8bit
> jpeg? Should I load the jpeg, then switch to 1bit, then edit (curves,
> levels) and the export back to jpeg?
>
> Thanks!
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> Leonardo Canducci
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