PNG 16: Overview
Introduction
This document proposes an image format for storing full-color image values in 16-bit pixels. The data representation itself need not be in a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) envelope, but PNG does provide a natural and widely accepted framework for this proposal. PNG is now one of the three image formats supported by the major browsers (Netscape and Internet Explorer), and Microsoft has even declared it to be its primary lossless image format within the Office 98 software suite.
Why 16 bits? Well, 8 bits per pixel is inadequate for
