Export Image 16 ColorList Doesn't Work!

[Scott Rossi]

I also tried internal conversion, worked as expected:

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  put fld 1 into theList
  export img 1 to trans as gif with palette theList
  set text of img 2 to trans
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Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




On 11/29/12 10:02 AM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

>Hi Rick:
>
>I just tried a simple test that seemed to work as expected.
>I created a full spectrum (rainbow) gradient in Photoshop, imported into
>LC, put a bunch of color values into a field, executed the following:
>
>put fld 1 into theList
>   put specialFolderPath("desktop") & "/export.gif" into theFilePath
>   export image 1 to file theFilePath as gif with palette theList
>
>
>
>The field contains a return delimited list of RGB colors:
>
>255,0,0
>255,0,107
>227,0,242
>95,0,255
>7,3,255
>0,62,255
>0,147,255
>0,238,248
>0,255,187
>0,255,116
>7,255,2
>96,255,0
>225,247,0
>255,155,0
>255,61,0
>
>Opening the exported image in Photoshop shows a 16 color palette (black
>was added I supposed because I only defined 15 colors).
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott Rossi
>Creative Director
>Tactile Media, UX Design
>
>
>
>
>On 11/29/12 9:20 AM, "Rick Harrison" <harrison at all-auctions.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>Well I've tried everything I know of with this export thing and
>>even tried to export to a file with a 16 color palette specified
>>as follows:
>>
>>export image "Image1" to file "Image2.gif" as gif with palette
>>VarColorList
>>
>>It always comes out as a 256 color file.  Can someone please
>>confirm this problem is a bug?
>>
>>If you can think of a work around I'd be most appreciative.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>
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