12-04-2018, 03:32 PM
(12-04-2018, 01:51 PM)rich2005 Wrote: The gif format uses a colour index which is a map of a limited set of colours. Maximum 256 colours.
Looks like you are making an animation, so work in RGB until all the editing is complete, then export as an animated gif and you will be back to indexed.
But remember that you will be limited to 256 colors total across all frames. For instance, when you merge a mostly red image/animation (256 shades of red) with a mostly blue one (256 shades of blue), when you export choices are done, and you will end up (in the good case!) with an image that has 128 shades of red and 128 shades of blue. Then your red or blue gradients won't look as smooth, your edges will look a bit more pixellated, etc....