Thread: Color depth ??

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    Color depth ??

    Hi:

    if a bitmap is in 24 bits, then 2^8 for each R,G,B right?
    but for 32 bits? where does 8 bits come from, the max bits for RGB is 2^24 bits. anyone would explain it?
    Thanx
    Last edited by SuperNewbie; 02-01-2003 at 08:40 AM.
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    24 bit has 8 bits for channels R, G, and B. 32 bit also has 8 bits per channel, but it has a fourth channel called the alpha channel.

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    The extra bits can contain many things: translucency, z-order, collision data or nothing
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    >The extra bits can contain many things: translucency, z-order, collision data or nothing

    unless otherwise stated it's nearly always alpha
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    it could even make 10 bit per channel. Pad the last two to fill up the rest of the byte.

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