once in 8 bit mode, converting back to 16 won't regain the lost information. you are extracting from Canon RAW files though, right? it's stored internally as 12 bits i think.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 16:54 Subject: RE: OT: 2 articles from the washington post > I can convert to 8 or 16 bit tiffs. I tested my lab and couldn't see a > difference. Skin tones look great, and is entirely attributable to the > people running the printers.