Originally posted by micromacro Ok, I do have 16 bit shades, but what is the purpose of it in case of deliver my photo to the screen or printer if they will not reproduce all 16 bit shades?
That is correct. I used Elements a couple of times and I got the banding. I have something like 20+ images I need to finish work on and was thinking of upgrading to regular Photoshop. Then ran into Affinity and decided to wait. To me it's worth trying the initial beta trial and probably buying the new product. If it does not cut it, then I'll bit the bullet and do the Adobe Cloud version (although I will hate to).
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Elements does not know what to do with the 16 bit shades. It is unable to cram 16 bits into its 8 bit data structures, so it converts them, there by loosing all of the 16 bits of shading.
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Originally posted by micromacro I've heard so manys time that Elements is more than enough for the basic editing, and photographers don't really need Photoshop instead.
From what you, guys, are telling me here, it means that statement is not really true.
Still many photographers are happy with Elements.
It has all the functions - stamping, cloning, cropping, erasing, etc. It just does it all in 8 bit data space. Adobe does this to move its customer base up to Photoshop - when you find out that all of your images have color banding to them. To get the correct color gradients in soft color translations - say of an image of a green leaf, you need to go to a more "capable" utility. That is why I just want to go to something that will do everything correctly - right out of the gate. Adobe has developed a set of products Elements, Lightroom, Photoshop, and to maintain that product structure or progression, this is the price you pay.
Now that all the cameras are at least 12 bit color, and the advance ones at 14 bit color - using Elements with 8 bit color does have its limitations.