how to take advantage of 10-bit displays?

[bossanova808]

I am sorry, I got something wrong. So  once fit into a standard Desktop, what are the next steps to make 10bit work. You mentioned something about turning it on. Where and how? You also wrote that it is risky, so I wonder what could happen?

The link above has all the info:
http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/question...+Output+Support

No real risk, just you might get some glitches in apps - in which case you just turn off 10 bit and reboot.

[shayaweiss]

The link above has all the info:
http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/question...+Output+Support

No real risk, just you might get some glitches in apps - in which case you just turn off 10 bit and reboot.

Thanks a lot.

[Nino Loss]

What about this:

Last word I saw back in May from Chrix Cox (Adobe software engineer) is that, for various reasons, they weren't even close to having a working 10 bit display pipeline in CS5.

and

Source:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2774247

The relevant comments will be from Chris (not Chirx emoticon - smile)

From the last post, dated May 19, 2010:

The HW (and drivers) aren't quite ready for prime time. We're still working on it.

 on dpreview's PC forum http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat...thread=35690143

In advance I want to apologies, but I would like to know if there is anything to it.

[shayaweiss]

If it makes a difference, than, with the PA seires, I think we should have everything we need for full 10bit chain.

PS CS5 > different video cards & drivers (mine for example, a ATI 5770) > DisplayPort > PA series monitor

This is obvious - BTW im not 100% sure that 5770 has 10bit DP output...

Well it isn't so obvious anymore, if, according to nino's post right above, CS5 does not work in the 10 bit pipeline!

[JeffKohn]

So does anybody have this confirmed as working with CS5 and a FirePro card?

I could have sworn somebody Adobe had gone on the record that CS5 would support 10-bit color, but the comment quoted above is from May 19, which is fairly recent.

[bossanova808]

So does anybody have this confirmed as working with CS5 and a FirePro card?

I could have sworn somebody Adobe had gone on the record that CS5 would support 10-bit color, but the comment quoted above is from May 19, which is fairly recent.

It works - sort of.  The image display is good, super smooth gradients, but there are come glitches - the clone tool renders a little block in 8 bit aroudn where you're working, for example.  And Windows Aero (if you're on Windows) switches into basic, non transparent mode for some reason.

So yes, it works, but it's not without irritations or flaws.

It's all in the article linked above. (http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/questions/152/10+Bit+Output+Support)

[WombatHorror]

It works - sort of.  The image display is good, super smooth gradients, but there are come glitches - the clone tool renders a little block in 8 bit aroudn where you're working, for example.  And Windows Aero (if you're on Windows) switches into basic, non transparent mode for some reason.

So yes, it works, but it's not without irritations or flaws.

It's all in the article linked above. (http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/questions/152/10+Bit+Output+Support)

does it disable color management as some have said?

[bossanova808]

does it disable color management as some have said?

Disable it where?  Not that I noticed.  I am too busy to test right now, btu I will have a go with it again soon and check.

[MartinCh]

..what if you were to just use layers, masks, (photoshop) to preserve color banding. (overall using a non destructive workflow)

does this 10 bit workflow translate to a better final print? (or how much color processing is really needed (required) on an average professional print workflow?)

working 10 bit is interesting, 1024 shades compared 256.

[BJNY]

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...ies/10bit.shtml