Bit Depth at Multimedia Glossary
What is it? This refers to the grey scale range of an individual pixel. A pixel with 8 bits per colour gives a 24 bit image (8 bits X 3 colours is 24 bits). CCD sensors are coloured in a pixel by pixel method.Multimedia Definition Added By: Thomas
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