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Re: gif from true color image [message #28918 is a reply to message #28822]

Wed, 16 January 2002 07:01

Klaus Scipal
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T'x David that is exactly what I was looking for

Klaus

David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.16af2d754f8db7729897d4@news.frii.com...
> Klaus Scipal (kscipal@ipf.tuwien.ac.at) writes:
>
>> I am displaying some images on a true color device. My problem is when I
>> want to save these images as gifs, some colors get "distorted" (i.e
white
>> becomes gray etc). I know the reason, transforming the image from true
color
>> to 256 colors.
>>
>> So is there a way to preserve colors, i.e the gif image looks like the
true
>> color image on my device (I know I can change the settings of my
computer to
>> 256 colors but this is annoying).
>
> Here is an article that describes the problem and how to
> attempt to correct it:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/color_tips/gif_gray.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
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		Re: gif from true color image By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 January 2002 05:26
		Re: gif from true color image By: Martin Downing on Wed, 16 January 2002 03:51
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