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Dynamic range and bit depth. How they relate.

2001-09-29 by JR Geoffrion

> which means
> that you have to multiply by 3 to get the number of colors
> possible

It's actually to the third power...as in, 8 bit RGB (8 bits per color) is
((2**8)**3) or 16,777,216, which is the same as 2**24th...

Good catch... I slipped there...

JR Geoffrion
Chicago, IL


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