ArcSoft photostudio Manual Do Utilizador
PhotoStudio
Manual
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Sample PhotoStudio Enhancements and Effects:
Convert Menu
The Convert menu contains commands for altering the format of your image. Available options
are:
• 8-bit Grayscale
• 16-bit Grayscale
• 24-bit RGB
• 48-bit RGB
Typically, most images will be 24-bit RGB. If you just want black and white images and are
concerned about having small file sizes, you may want to convert your color image to a grayscale
concerned about having small file sizes, you may want to convert your color image to a grayscale
one. Since the available palette of colors is reduced, so is the file size. 48-bit images are high-
quality images. You may not notice too much of a difference though, because 24-bit images
generally are good enough to make quality prints. Note that not all of the editing options in
PhotoStudio are active when working with a 48-bit image.
The Convert menu also lets you separate an image into various color channels. Remember our
discussions so far on RGB images? Well, you can separate your images into each color channel,
red, green, and blue. New images will be created for each channel.
Now you know that you can separate an image into distinctive color channels, and you’re
probably guessing that you can also combine them. Well, good guess! When you combine
probably guessing that you can also combine them. Well, good guess! When you combine
images, you must select which image will be used for each respective channel.