limbo
msg:4001361 | 12:47 pm on Oct 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hi John Do you need to preserve alpha transparency?
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rocknbil
msg:4001559 | 4:41 pm on Oct 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Are you using Photoshop? I'm not sure about other programs, but when you convert to indexed color in PS, you can select the number of colors. The minimum is 3 (I think) even in a 2-color .gif/png. I start with 8, if it suffers, 16, then 32, etc. You can see what you're losing, and undo until you get the perfect balance of quality vs. file size. I stay away from automated processes like "save for web" because the automated decision is not always the best one.
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JAB Creations
msg:4001691 | 7:25 pm on Oct 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Transparency is usually something for GIF's as far as what I work with. The save for web option is not automatic if you change options around and I only use it for non-animated GIF images. Under Photoshop's Image menu --> Mode --> Indexed Colors I can only have up to 256 colors. If the image has 12,000 colors I want to be able to reduce it to say 9,000 instead. - John
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Jonesy
msg:4004363 | 4:56 pm on Oct 9, 2009 (gmt 0) |
IrfanView will permit you to set the color depth from 1 to 256.
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