trans and layers in image format

On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 04:35:19PM -0700, Nathan Saper wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 04:02:21PM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> > Am 24. Sep, 2000 schwäzte der.hans so:
> >
> > > moin, moin,
> > >
> > > what image format (that gimp knows) allows one to save both transparency
> > > info and layers? png doesn't seem to be saving layer info, but saves
> > > transparency. jpg and bmp won't save either. Don't think gif will do
> > > layers. Don't know other image formats.
> >
> > OK, gif[1] will do layers and transparencies :), but it can only do 256
> > colors. Is there anything that will do 65k colors and transparencies and
> > layers :).
> >
>
> IIRC, gif can do as many colors as you want. It's an indexed image
> type, so using a lot of colors with gif isn't as smooth as it is with
> other image types, but I believe it can be done. Not sure how to do
> it under gimp, though.
>

Sorry to respond to my own message. ;-)

Under gimp, when converting an image from RGB to Indexed, just enter
the number of colors you want in the "# of colors" box, in your case, 65000.

> > [1] I was downloading gimp-nonfree, e.g. with gif support, when I wrote
> > the first time :).
> >
> > ciao,
> >
> > der.hans
>
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