256 color "register" modes used 256 18-bit color tables. That is, (if I remember correctly...it's been a while) each 8 bit pixel pointed to one of the 18-bit color registers so that any REGISTER could be any of 262,144 colors. Although only 256 DIFFERENT different colors could be defined at any one time...unless you used special tricks.
There still are some uses for this mode (games), but for the most part it has been largely abandoned.
32 bit mode is nice, if you have use for the alpha channel. But I wonder why there are no 48 bit output modes to be used with HDRI imaging?
Russell
There still are some uses for this mode (games), but for the most part it has been largely abandoned.
32 bit mode is nice, if you have use for the alpha channel. But I wonder why there are no 48 bit output modes to be used with HDRI imaging?
Russell