This color scheme just popped into my head. I think it looks all eerie 'n tribal now. Nifty.
Category Designs / Abstract
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 701 x 915px
File Size 208.1 kB
The image starts out as a .gif three times as big as this one. that .gif has a four color palatte. All I have to do is open the color table and enter in new values, and the color changes in the whole picture. Then I just shrink it and save it as a .png, since .gifs aren't lossless. Essentially, it's way easier than it looks.
I use Graphics Convertor PPC, which is really, really basic and primitive, but pretty much all I need.
'Lossless' means that when you save the image to that format, it doesn't lose any of its quality. The opposite would be jpgs, which get blockier and the colors screw up if you save them at a lower quality. Gifs are lossless *sometimes*, but they have a set color palatte with a set amount of colors (maximum 256), so if you resize the image it can ONLY use those colors, and it'll end up looking spotty and lose a lot of detail. (Think of old comic books that are colored by little dots) Gifs are really good for computer-colored images (or animations) that use a minimum of colors; they can keep it really sharp and bright. Pngs are awesome because they lose virtually no quality, but are usually really big when you save them. Jpegs should only be used when something's hand-colored, or with photographs. The sharper you want it, the more you should consider a gif or a png.
'Lossless' means that when you save the image to that format, it doesn't lose any of its quality. The opposite would be jpgs, which get blockier and the colors screw up if you save them at a lower quality. Gifs are lossless *sometimes*, but they have a set color palatte with a set amount of colors (maximum 256), so if you resize the image it can ONLY use those colors, and it'll end up looking spotty and lose a lot of detail. (Think of old comic books that are colored by little dots) Gifs are really good for computer-colored images (or animations) that use a minimum of colors; they can keep it really sharp and bright. Pngs are awesome because they lose virtually no quality, but are usually really big when you save them. Jpegs should only be used when something's hand-colored, or with photographs. The sharper you want it, the more you should consider a gif or a png.
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