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Old 01-06-2008, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Angel_Light View Post
24 bit doesnt have transparency, all .gifs will lose colors if you use colors outside the 8 bit range, I recommend .png over .gif. But .gif can be useful for simple images, and animations. save to 8 bit Pngs. Gimp can do this I believe, there is a list of programs in the lounge.
The reason I mention 24 bit PNGs is because they support 16bit color and 8 bit alpha masking.

16+8=24
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Originally Posted by Knightmare1 View Post
i can save it to .bmp and use giffy to make it .gif and it wont lose any colors!
Welcome to real life, where BMP is able to save in 24bit color and GIF can only save to 8bit.

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