Colour Gradients in 16-bit - Am I Retarded?

Necro · Tue 15/07/2003 17:18:59

@ scotch - yeah brush engine rocks....

@ holisterman & other ps7 users...

Unfortunatly the A1 R5 G5 B5 is not available to me , and the others dont come out right.

Any ideas??

Hollister Man · Tue 15/07/2003 20:59:09

Well, there are a few sugestions I have. First, have you flattened the image? Try this, save (if you can), then undo the flattening.

Second, Photoshop is designed to work on very high color photos where bit loss will be noticible. I would suggest downloading Paint Shop Pro 7 demo, import the pic, reduce the color depth, and save. You can also try to find a download of PSP4. This version has no time limit, and it will still do what is needed. For such a high end program, Photoshop has left out some major features.

Necro · Wed 16/07/2003 00:48:29

Well all this was stressin' me out so I went down the shop to buy a drink n stuff and lo and behold PSP 5 is being given away free on a mag , plus a demo of PSP 8 ...

Loaded it up , Converted my pic , all is well. I dont think i'll have much more troubles, its remarkable how powerfull PS is yet it lack some of what you would think basic tools.

I grew up on PSP and it hasnt changed too much over time, But i think I will still be develoing my pics in PS, then touching up & converting for ags in PSP.

Thanks for all your help people in this thread i thought it was my technique or I was doing something silly.

Hollister Man · Wed 16/07/2003 00:54:24

Yes, I am positive now that it was a neglected option in photoshop. I looked EVERYWHERE, and the 15 bit option is nowhere to be seen. I assume that since Photoshop is made for high end photo and editing for print, where low color depth is apparent. But on screen, even 256 colors can look as good as high color.

I love PSP 7, but there are good traits in Photoshop too.