2 Replies Latest reply: Nov 7, 2013 7:41 AM by DVDmike RSS

    Why does LR name my images "Edit8bit" When opening into Photoshop?

    DVDmike Community Member

      I have preferences>external editing>Bit Depth set to 16 bits/component.  So why when I open my images is the file name saying they are 8 bit?  Photoshop shows them as "RGB/16".  The image mode shows 16 bit inside of photoshop.

       

      These images start out in Lightroom as 12 or 14 bit RAW (NEF) images.  I'm just concerned that some sort of 8 bit conversion is happening before my images get loaded into photoshop and I am losing some color information in the process?  Am I?

       

      I am currently on LR 5.2 and Photoshop CC 14.1.2  But this has been happening for many versions of LR and Photoshop