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Nicholas Gillett

2003-12-13, 4:59 pm

Could someone please help me out here. I wish to create some illustrator
artwork but I only want to use 256 color. I am trying to recreate an old
piece of artwork which I know was made in 256 color mode. How can I limit
illustrators color palette so it only has the 256 color spectrum (not the
Web Safe one which is 216)?

Thanks
Nick


BLUEMIST

2003-12-13, 4:59 pm

in article brdo1c$dbe$1@lust.ihug.co.nz, Nicholas Gillett at
nick_g@ihug.com.au wrote on 12/12/03 4:57 PM:
quote:

> Could someone please help me out here. I wish to create some illustrator
> artwork but I only want to use 256 color. I am trying to recreate an old
> piece of artwork which I know was made in 256 color mode. How can I limit
> illustrators color palette so it only has the 256 color spectrum (not the
> Web Safe one which is 216)?
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
>




Just save it out as a GIF in 256 colors when you are done with it.

Nicholas Gillett

2003-12-13, 4:59 pm

I thought of that but I need to recreate it in a 256 color mode within
illustrator, as in I want to retain it in vector format but have the colors
only from the 256 color spectrum.
"BLUEMIST" <EatIt@spamers.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> in article brdo1c$dbe$1@lust.ihug.co.nz, Nicholas Gillett at
> nick_g@ihug.com.au wrote on 12/12/03 4:57 PM:
>
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>
>
> Just save it out as a GIF in 256 colors when you are done with it.
>




BLUEMIST

2003-12-13, 4:59 pm

in article brdqg2$f43$1@lust.ihug.co.nz, Nicholas Gillett at
nick_g@ihug.com.au wrote on 12/12/03 5:39 PM:
quote:

> I thought of that but I need to recreate it in a 256 color mode within
> illustrator, as in I want to retain it in vector format but have the colors
> only from the 256 color spectrum.



The 256 colors can be any 256 colors. There is no one palette.

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