[Digikam-users] How to save in 16 bits PNG

[Jonas Norlander]

2010/5/31  <finstrodelapradera-subscription at yahoo.es>:
> Hi Gilles
>
> Well, my RAW (ARW from a Sony A700) are 16 bits depth. And this is what
> happen when I save in:
>
> PNG, 8 bits depth of color
> TIFF, 16 bits depth of color
> JPG, 8 bits depth of color
>
> So, in my case, is not a source bits of depth problem. Something more is
> happening. I noticed this when comparing two images, one exported as PNG and
> other in TIFF (from the same RAW source) and I saw a big noticiable
> difference between them.
> Thank you
>

Perhaps related. When i rotating a 16 bits PNG they got reduced to 8
bits. Do you do any rotating?

/ Jonas