Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!epicb!jerry
From: jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 24/32 Bit Color
Message-ID: <477@epicb.com>
Date: 19 Oct 90 23:48:55 GMT
References: <33786@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1990Oct17.220307.3750@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Organization: Truevision Inc., Indianapolis, IN
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All you need is 24 bits for True Color images.  The extra 8 bits are only
used for special effects like blending, crossfading, anti-aliasing, or 
masking.  I know of no company making a 32 bit color board who does not use 
the 8 bits for effects.  

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