Operation Manual

568 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
Palette type Description
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.
You can choose a custom color palette by clicking Open, locating the color palette file you want, and double-clicking the filename.
You can load preset conversion settings by choosing a preset from the Preset list box.
To create a custom processed color palette
1 Click a bitmap.
2
Click Bitmaps Mode Paletted (8-bit).
3 Click the Processed palette tab.
4 Click a color, and click the Edit button.
5 In the Color table, specify the color you want, and click Edit color.
6 Edit the color, and click OK.
7
Click the Save palette as button to save the new palette.
8 Choose the disk and folder where you want to store the color palette.
9 Type a name in the Name box, and click Save.
To change a bitmap by setting range sensitivity
1 Click a bitmap.
2
Click Bitmaps Mode Paletted (8-bit).
3 Click the Options tab.
4 Choose Optimized from the Palette list box.
5 Enable the Color range sensitivity to check box.
6
Click the Eyedropper tool , and click a color in the image.
7 Click the Range sensitivity tab.