On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:41:23 -0400, nospam wrote
in lid:

In article , android
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I noticed this while updating Macports. It now features high bit
depth and such...

something photoshop had in 1992.

it still does not have adjustment layers, something photoshop had in
1996, making it still useless to any serious editing.

Photoshop was eight bits per channel until CS, IIRC...

you rc wrong. very very wrong.

No. Photoshop is not worth the extra investment without plugins, which
got 16bit support with CC...

https://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/PS7/PS7.HTM

Even the GIMP people has stopped claiming that "Eight bits all anybody
needs 'couse that's what the endusers browser display!"

Here's a good tut that shows the benefits of 16bit editing:

https://www.diyphotography.net/8-bit-vs-16-bit-color-depth-use-matters/

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