 rounded to the nearest integer.  The effect of this division
is to compress the dynamic range of the image so as to fit within the
smaller bit depth.</p>

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<p><a name="f_16-bit-image"><i>Function</i> <b>16-BIT-IMAGE</b></a>

<p><b>Syntax:</b>
<p><b>16-bit-image</b> <i>image</i> => <i>result-image</i>

<p><b>Arguments and Values:</b>
<p><i>image</i>---an <a href="#image"><b>image</b></a>
<p><i>result-image</i>---an <a href="#image"><b>image</b></a>

<p><b>Description:</b> <p>If <i>image</i> is a <a
hre