Opening 16 bit tiff files

[DGauss]

Hello,

When opening a "16 bit" .tiff in XnView MP I get the message:

"This picture will be converted to RGB with 8bits per component"

I may be understanding incorrectly but I thought XnView MP was able to open "16 bit per component" (48 bit) files?

Thanks,

Mark

[xnview]

XnViewMP can load 16bits image but need to convert them in 8bits

[DGauss]

Thank you.

To clarify....is this behavior different from XnView ('classic')?
The same message appears in both.

In the XnView Classic/MP "What's different..." thread it says:
"Support for full internal bit depth pictures 8/16/32 bits per component"

But I am not clear what is different (if both are converting to 8-bit?).


Mark

[xnview]

Currently it's the same as XnView classic, but in a future version

[DGauss]

Ah, good!

I was just not getting the future development aspect.....so thought I was misunderstanding something.

Thank you,

Mark

[oops66]

Hello,

..."Support for full internal bit depth pictures 8/16/32 bits per component" ...

... and here too
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.p ... 190#p65190

...IRIS worked a treat. I have 48 bit TIFF panoramas which wont load into Nikon Capture NX.
The solution is to load the 48 bit TIFF into Iris and then save it again, as a 48bit TIFF. The image now loads into Capture NX!
Your suggestion resolved a chronic "missing link" in my work flow.
PETER

... Any news Pierre, for a full internal bit depth pictures 8/16/32 bits per component support - reading/writing ... into XnViewMP ?

[xnview]

... Any news Pierre, for a full internal bit depth pictures 8/16/32 bits per component support - reading/writing ... into XnViewMP ?

Currently i need to add all features from XnView to XViewMP before to full support 16/32 bits

[oops66]

... Bonjour Pierre ... So maybe this year ?

[mastabog]

I'm also interested in this. Currently, converting 16bit files into 8bit ones is pointless (at least in my case) since all such images that I open turn out completely black in XnView. It seems that it needs proper 16bit support. Am I missing something?

EDIT: I'm talking about XnView classic, not MP. Sorry.

Keep up the good work! XnView is fantastic otherwise.

[xnview]

EDIT: I'm talking about XnView classic, not MP. Sorry.

Sorry, It's not possible for XnView Classic...

[sprayer]

Any news about saving to 16bit?

[xnview]

currently only NConvert can load/write in 16bits