Convert

This transformation converts images from one type to another. The image types Picture Window supports are:

Binary          1-bit pixels of only two colors, black and white.

8-bit Black and White          8-bit pixels that can be any of 256 different shades of gray.

24-bit Color          24-bit RGB pixels in which each channel has a range of 0..255.

16-bit Black and White          16-bit pixels that can be any of 65536 different shades of gray.

48-bit Color          48-bit RGB pixels in which each channel has a range of 0..65535.

Convert From

This control displays the type of the input image.

Convert To

This control lets you select what type of image you want to convert the input image to. If the types of the input and output images are the same, the transformation simply makes a copy of the input image.

Tips

When converting to an image that has more bits per pixel or from black and white to color, the result image is visually identical to the input image (but takes up more memory).

If color management is enabled, the color management engine is used to convert between black and white and color or vice versa. This corrects for any differences in gamma and white point between the input and output image profiles.

When converting from 8-bit to 16-bit images, the low-order 8 bits are filled with random data.