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Old June 4th 18, 05:34 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default The GIMP 2.10 Is Out

On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:13:36 -0400, nospam wrote
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Having 16 bit channels dates from November 1992 (version 2.5):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop_version_history

Know that! The problem was lack of 16bit support for the plugins,
which is crucial for working with Photoshop the Photoshop way.



That was true for some plugins, not all. IIRC NIK and Topaz worked
fine in 16 bit mode. i am not aware of any that work in LAB mode, but
then when I work in LAB mode I really don't need plugins.


16bit support was enabled in CS according to the Wikipedia page
sited...


nope. it was added in 2.5.

read it again.


Liar. No need. Not very complete such. Maybe reading and writing to file
and not much more. Certainly not layers, which was added in CS...




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