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From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 24/32 Bit Color
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Date: 18 Oct 90 18:30:45 GMT
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        In practical: 24 bit of color is more than enough for everybody. 
Where you can see the difference between colors ? Just do a big shading 
from the top to the bottom of the screen, in one color (like from white to 
black (-:), and try to catch a point where you can see the difference 
between 2 adjacent colors.

    If you see such a point, it's just your mind playing with your eyes ! 
(-: If you still really see the difference between 2 colors, then just add 
a little of dithering and I promise you, all you'll see is a nice smooth 
shading !

     24 bits of color info is all you need. After that, if you got 
alpha-chanel or some other goodies on your frame buffer, it's a technical 
question about producing the images. A different story.

     JNM

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