Color Count
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Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
Forum Discription: Help your fellow pixel artists out with links to good tutorials, other forums, software, fonts, etc. Bugs and support issues should go here as well.
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1547
Printed Date: 11 September 2025 at 11:52pm
Topic: Color Count
Posted By: MadMage
Subject: Color Count
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 3:18pm
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Here's how it goes... I use a program called COREL PHOTO PAINT (similar to Photoshop, but with a horrible layer system I haven't figured out how to use yet!) to do my drawings. However, I don't use any advanced resource to shade things or color, apart from the transparent brush (can't resist it!). There is no "color count" tool in this program, so what I do is to see how many colors it shows when I save as 256 colors GIF format. To my surprise, the drawing on which I just used about 10 colors has something like 67 colors or so, according to the GIF counter. There is R0G0B0, R1G1B1, R2B1G1 and so on... Is that normal?? If it is the case, how many colors should I consider? The ones on my palette or the ones the program says I used but I dont see them? ------------- This is not a signature. |
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 3:23pm
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Saving as jpeg, I presume. otherwise, please tell what you are saving it as. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 4:39pm
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There is no "color count" tool in this program, so what I do is to see how many colors it shows when I save as 256 colors GIF format. I'm saving it in GIF format. Sometimes I also use PNG, but I'm not sure if there is a color count available for that format when I save. I never used JPEG because the colors get all messed up. I only use JPG for high resolution pictures. ------------- This is not a signature. |
Posted By: CDI
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 5:04pm
| same here, I use MS Paint, how can I tell the color count? |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 5:25pm
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http://www.irfanview.com/ - http://www.irfanview.com/ Download and Use. Two simple steps. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: CDI
Date Posted: 30 January 2006 at 5:33pm
| ooh, Downloading :( darn |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 04 February 2006 at 4:36pm
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Originally posted by Monkey 'o Doom
http://www.irfanview.com/ - http://www.irfanview.com/ Download and Use. Two simple steps. Wow, that's useful to know, my sister downloaded that a few days ago for some other reason. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 04 February 2006 at 4:54pm
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It's a great tool, it can even view .swf and .txt files. It's really in a category of its' own. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |