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Data types

A description of the main pixel data types, including RGB colour, and 8-bit and 16-bit greyscale. Presented by Professor Andy French.

In this video we take a closer look at the numerical values pixels are able to take in RGB, 8-bit grayscale and 16-bit grayscale images.

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