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>  This type of image will display on most windows
>machines  (I'm assuming almost anyone will have the ability to display 16 bit
>images which equals thousands of colors).

I don't. Most of the clients machines (Windows) that I produce for still
run 640*480 256 colour both internally and externally to the University.
That's why I still use 8-bit images as it is probably the base level at
which you could expect a client to have.

The only consideration that I give to using higher than 8bit pict images is
if the quality of the image is more important than the concept or idea that
you are representing ie. for a course about photography in which you wish
to discuss the use of tone and contrast. In this case the quality of 8bit
images would distract from what you want to talk about. 8bit images are
smaller (unless you use JPEG) and as a result load quicker both from
hard-drive and across networks. Less memory is also required on the
delivery platform. Check out in the User Guide pages 9,323-324 for Mac and
pages 10,325-326 for suggestions about memory usage and graphics. My advice
is be carefull when using 16 or 24 bit images in your productions as you
may exclude a large part of your market. If you know exactly what your
client has to deliver on ie a one off kiosk that has a Quadra with 32mb RAM
and 500mb HD then go for it, but most educational bodies and business don't
have these sort of machines.

Further discussion on this matter is welcome.

Just another tip:

When you convert from APM to APW use the load palette option from the file
setup dialogue box on Windows. Load the palette from any pict file that was
generated from Photoshop and saved as a 8bit system file. You might want to
preserve that system colours on windows for dialogues and menus. If you do
this the displayed images will be almost exactly as they were on the Mac.

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