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To: Polarik

“Bitmap palettes are limited to 256 colors “

Ah, no. Bitmaps, to include DIBs, can be 32 bit color to include an alpha blending value. 8-bit bitmaps are rtestricted to 256 colors, but not all bitmaps.


7 posted on 08/15/2008 11:43:49 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad
“Bitmap palettes are limited to 256 colors “

Ah, no. Bitmaps, to include DIBs, can be 32 bit color to include an alpha blending value. 8-bit bitmaps are rtestricted to 256 colors, but not all bitmaps.


Yes, I know that, but I did say that the image was edited as an 8-bit bitmaps, did I not? But, for clarification purposes, it's worth repeating. Thanks for the info.
14 posted on 08/15/2008 12:04:41 PM PDT by Polarik ("The Greater Evil")
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