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32-bit float point color space

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Contents

1 What is 32-bit?
2 Resources
3 After Effects Plug-ins that support 32-bit
4 Premiere Pro Plug-ins that support 32-bit
5 Final Cut Pro Plug-ins that support 32-bit
6 Shake Plug-ins that support 32-bit
7 Combustion Plug-ins that support 32-bit
8 Digital Fusion Plug-ins that support 32-bit
9 SoftImage XSI Plug-ins that support 32-bit
10 Codec Plug-ins that support 32-bit

What is 32-bit?

"32-bit color" is a misnomer when regarding display color depth. A common misconception is that 32-bit color produces 4,294,967,296 distinct colors.

In reality, 32-bit color actually refers to 24-bit color (Truecolor) with an additional 8 bits, either as empty padding space or to represent an alpha channel. Considering red, green, and blue use the same amount of bits for their respective color (with the exception of 16-bit color), the total bits used will be a multiple of 3: like 15-bit color (5 bits each) and 24-bit color (8 bits each). The reason for using empty space is that all but the newest modern computers process data internally in units of 32 bits; as such, using this amount for each pixel can allow speed optimizations, but increasing the installed video memory. (Source: Wikipedia)

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