# Exporting 16-bit images from paraview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 21, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576 "2026-05-21T10:46:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@aerogt3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aerogt3)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576/1 "2026-05-21T10:46:09Z")
Is there any way to export 16 bit images (in any format) from paraview? I don’t see anything in the GUI but perhaps there’s a hidden/scriptable capability.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576/2 "2026-05-21T12:22:04Z")
Hi @aerogt3
Do you mean write screenshots as 16 bit images ?
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### Author:  [@aerogt3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aerogt3)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576/3 "2026-05-21T12:22:44Z")
Yes, in very high resolution images more than 256 colors would reduce banding.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-16-bit-images-from-paraview/17576/4 "2026-05-21T12:28:12Z")
Im afraid not, however VTK is able to write such images, so It should not be too hard to implement.