reduce 16 to 8 bits

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for some reason one of my 16 bit tif pix cannot be reduced to 8 bits! the 8 bit option is greyed out. i tried converting it to a psd but the 8 bit option was still greyed out. any suggestions how to get the 8 bit option back?

tia

steve
#1
wrote:
for some reason one of my 16 bit tif pix cannot be reduced to 8 bits! the 8 bit option is greyed out. i tried converting it to a psd but the 8 bit option was still greyed out. any suggestions how to get the 8 bit option back?

tia

steve

Have a look which mode the picture is in. may help! try RGB
#2
wrote:
for some reason one of my 16 bit tif pix cannot be reduced to 8 bits! the 8 bit option is greyed out. i tried converting it to a psd but the 8 bit option was still greyed out. any suggestions how to get the 8 bit option back?

tia

steve

Have a look which mode the picture is in. may help! try RGB
#3
yep its in rgb ...

steve

On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:21:33 +1000, Rob wrote:

wrote:
for some reason one of my 16 bit tif pix cannot be reduced to 8 bits! the 8 bit option is greyed out. i tried converting it to a psd but the 8 bit option was still greyed out. any suggestions how to get the 8 bit option back?

tia

steve

Have a look which mode the picture is in. may help! try RGB
#4
yep its in rgb ...

steve

On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:21:33 +1000, Rob wrote:

wrote:
for some reason one of my 16 bit tif pix cannot be reduced to 8 bits! the 8 bit option is greyed out. i tried converting it to a psd but the 8 bit option was still greyed out. any suggestions how to get the 8 bit option back?

tia

steve

Have a look which mode the picture is in. may help! try RGB
#5