Message-Id: <mailto:199503201723.LAA05514@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:18:28 CST From: Susan Grupe x???? <mailto:ALISG@AUGUSTANA.EDU> Subject: 24-bit color - quality?! To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Now that our WWW server is up for the public to see, we've come up with a frustrating situation. I scan in images (mostly color and black and white photographs) in "millions of colors" (24-bit) using Ulead Systems' ImagePals 2 and an HP ScanJet IIcx. Then, using ImagePals, I convert the images to 256 (8-bit) color, and save them in .GIF format. They look great on our monitor (which is set up in "millions of colors" 24-bit) in either format (24-bit or 8-bit) when viewed individually. When others view them on monitors set for 256 colors, however, the images turn grainy, and areas which were solid color fills become blotchy.Could someone explain why this happens? Would converting to JPEG, or another file format, help solve this problem, or will we have to rescan images in a different format?
Thanks, Susan
Susan Grupe Augustana College Library Rock Island IL 61201 mailto:alisg@augustana.edu