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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's useless if you don't play games. 10-bit color depth. Most monitors and graphics cards support only 8-bit (per color). But high end ones, yeah, they do support 10-bit (HDR monitors).

The meme is not mine, stole it, but I did find it funny, even though I don't play games.

EDIT: Whenever you see a meme from me, just presume it was stolen, lol. I rarely make my own.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

EDIT: Whenever you see a meme from me, just presume it was stolen, lol. I rarely make my own.

That one was already clear when you wrote "It’s useless if you don’t play games." Actual media artists wouldn't say that about higher color depth.

PS: Professional media production uses 16bits per color channel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth#48-bit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Most monitors and graphics cards support only 8-bit (per color).

Plenty of monitors support 10 bit colour. You need higher than 8 bit for any colour spaces larger than sRGB, such as DCI-P3 or Adobe RGB, and most good monitors support higher than 100% sRGB coverage.

Out of all the colours that humans can perceive, sRGB covers around 35% of them, DCI-P3 covers around 52%, and Rec 2020 (which is 11 or 12 bit) covers around 75%. Colours look more vibrant when using DCI-P3 or Rec 2020 because there's literally more colours available.