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Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents 79

Saving GIF files

Corel Painter lets you save documents as GIF files. GIF, a file format using 8 or fewer

bits, is commonly used to display graphics on the Web. When you save a GIF file, you

can choose settings from 4 Colors to 256 Colors. You can choose how your colors will

be displayed and what part of your image will be transparent.

You can enable the Color Set option to force all colors in the color table of the GIF file

to match the colors in the current color set. This option can be useful when you are

doing Web work, especially if you want to constrain colors to a specific color set or

control the number of colors on a Web page, thus controlling the image file size.

The Imaging Method setting determines how a 24-bit Corel Painter document will be

converted to the limited number of colors that GIF uses. If you choose Quantize to

Nearest Color, Corel Painter may replace some colors with colors that are located next

to each pixel. If you choose Dither Colors, Corel Painter applies a pattern to the chosen

colors to generate a more accurate, less banded result.

Corel Painter can also save a frame stack as a GIF animation file. For more information,

see “Creating animated GIFs” on page 852. For more information, see “Creating

Animated GIFs” in the Help.

If you want your image to have transparency, enable the Output Transparency check

box. Most programs that display GIF files support transparency, but for those that

don’t, you should specify the color of the “transparent” area. If your image will be

displayed on the Web, enable the Background is WWW Gray option. You can also

choose to use the background color of your Web page by enabling the Background is

BG Color option.

For programs that support transparency, your selection will determine which areas are

transparent. The Threshold slider determines which selection (loaded mask) value

becomes transparent. You can see how the Threshold slider affects the transparency of

your image in the Preview window of the dialog box. Transparency is displayed in the

Preview window by a rectangular lattice. You can toggle between the Preview window

and your Save As GIF options to the results you want. Enable the Interlaced check

box if your image will be displayed on a Web page.

For more information, see “Selections and Transformations” on page 543.

Saving RGB TIF files

The TIF format facilitates exchange between applications and computer platforms. It is

a widely supported bitmap image format that lets you save RGB color profile

information.

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