CGTalk - painting in 32bit ?

bernhard

07-29-2009, 09:13 PM

Hello,

I would like to have all features for painting a 32bit image.
well.. brushes, gradient, etc.

I do have PS CS3, and yes.. its' limited with all the functions in 32bit.
Is there any Photoshop version that can handle all the features for 32bit ?

Or any other software ?
Or is this just impossible ?

thank you for every little info,
bernhard

jfrancis

07-30-2009, 01:37 AM

There is nothing inherently preventing painting from being done in 32 bits, except the will of the programmer and the program.

I just tried some painting in Photoshop CS4 Extended and it was allowed.

Not sure if you get much extra benefit from it over 16 bits, but maybe for matte painting it's worth it.

Anyway - what features did you lack when you tried it? I found brushes worked, and the gradient tool worked. I know many things don't work, but for painting what do you miss?

jfrancis

07-30-2009, 01:41 AM

I've never used Nuke, but it probably has 32-bit painting; I'm guessing.

SmallPoly

07-30-2009, 01:56 AM

I just tried some painting in Photoshop CS4 Extended and it was allowed.

If I'm not mistaken (I use CS2), CS4 is the first version that allows people to paint on a 32 bit image. In previous versions it basically says "you can't do that - switch to 8 or 16 bit."

jfrancis

07-30-2009, 02:25 AM

Interesting.

I wish everything worked in 32 bits. Nice to know the painting works (in CS4, at least)

gruhn

07-30-2009, 03:57 AM

Must be an Extended thing. I'll check...

Can't find anything that says. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

bernhard

07-31-2009, 03:28 PM

thank you for all your comments and the great info...

I have CS3, and yes, it's limited.. great to know that all functions in CS4 are working...
well... really all tools are working in 32bit now ?

thx,
bernhard

jfrancis

07-31-2009, 05:55 PM

great to know that all functions in CS4 are working...
well... really all tools are working in 32bit now ?

thx,
bernhard

No, I wished everything worked. Enough works for basic painting needs, though.

About half the filters are gone, and half the adjustment layers, by my quick look just now.

And there is no LAB or CMYK color space, just RGB

leigh

08-03-2009, 02:28 PM

Out of curiosity, why are you needing 32-bit?

NR43

08-07-2009, 01:18 PM

Does it make a difference if you're only publishing your paintings on the web?
Won't the psd file be converted to a .jpg most of the time, and isn't that only allowed in 8bit in CS4?
What do you think?

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