Operation Manual

Working with bitmap color modes | 541
Palette type Description
Uniform Provides a range of 256 colors with equal parts of red, green, and
blue
Standard VGA Provides the Standard VGA 16-color palette
Adaptive Provides colors original to the image and preserves the individual
colors (the entire color spectrum) in the image
Optimized Creates a color palette based on the highest percentage of colors
in the image. You can also specify a range-sensitivity color for
the color palette. This is the most common color palette for
photographic images.
Black Body Contains colors that are based on temperature. For example, black
may represent cold temperatures, while red, orange, yellow, and
white may represent hot temperatures.
Grayscale Provides 256 shades of gray, ranging from black to white
System Provides the predefined palette of colors used by the operating
system
Web-safe Provides a predefined palette of 216 non-dithered colors that
will display the same on most browsers. This palette is not
recommended for use with photographs and only benefits users
with older computers.
Custom Lets you add colors to create a customized color palette
To change an image to the paletted color mode
1 Click a bitmap.
2
Click Bitmaps Mode Paletted (8-bit).
3 Click the Options tab.
4 Choose a color palette type from the Palette list box.
5 Choose an option from the Dithering list box.
6 Move the Dithering intensity slider.
If you want to save the conversion settings as a preset, click the Add preset button, and type a name in the Save preset box.
You can achieve better color fidelity by choosing the palette you want to use when you change an image to a paletted bitmap or
when you export a GIF or PNG. For example, the standard color palette provides more colors than necessary for an image with a
limited range of colors, but you can choose an optimized palette to ensure that color representation is accurate.