On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:16:41 -0800, Keith Whaley wrote: > > 10 bit x 3 = 30 bit = 1b colors > > 24 bit = 8 bit x 3 = 16 m colors
> Okay, how do you get 1 billion colors from a 30 bit color depth? > I mean, 8 x 3 = 24 is easy to understand, but how do you get to 16 million? > What's the operator here? What to what power? 2 raised to the 24th power is 16 million (actually 16,777,216, IIRC) 2 raised to the 30th power is ~1 billion 2 raised to the 36th power is ~ 64 billion TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
