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What is contained in this table of 8-bit and 16-bit encodings?

I am trying to read a file which contains 8-bit unsigned integer values. In the file description document, Table 70 (below) describes how you get from the 8-bit value to the desired value (known as a* or b*). But I can't figure out what's in the 2nd column under "8 bit". What is 00h, 80h, or FFh? Is this some kind of code? From here it looks like they are numbers: 0, 128, and 255, but what is their format in the table?

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Solution

  • OK, I know a little more: The values are hexadecimals (base 16), and can be converted to decimals here. Some background here if, like me, you are unfamiliar with them. I will add that this is related to reading in L* a* b* values from CIELab format Tiff files, in case this helps someone else trying to do this.