Change the color depth of an image

The image viewer includes a feature to change the color depth of an image. This may be useful to reduce the file size of an image. Three image color depth are supported by the application:

1. Create a New File Browser window by choosing File Menu/Browse Files (Ctrl+Alt+O).

2. Browse your disks and select the appropriate folder in the left pane. The media files included in the folder appear in the right pane.

3. Select the file you wish to open.

4. Double-click on it, press Enter or click Open in the local toolbar.

Change to True Colors with Alpha Channel

5. In the Local Toolbar, select Colors/Convert to True Color with Alpha. A dialog box opens.

6. This dialog permits you to create a transparent area in your image. This feature is useful to create a sprite-ready image with transparent background. To do this, you must click the Convert The Following Color To Transparent option. In the field below, select the color that you want to transform to transparent in the image. This is usually the background color of your image.

7. Click OK when done.

8. The image is converted. All the area containing the color specified have been transformed to transparent.

Change to True Colors

5.  In the Local Toolbar, select Colors/Convert to True Color. If the image was 32 bits (with Alpha Channel), a dialog box opens.

6. This dialog permits you to specify the color you wish to use as background color.

7. Click OK when done.

8. The image is converted. All the area containing transparency have been transformed to the specified color.

Change to Indexed Colors

5.  In the Local Toolbar, select Colors/Convert to True Color. If the image was 32 bits (with Alpha Channel), a dialog box opens.

6. This dialog permits you to specify the color you wish to use as background color.

7. Click OK when done.

8. The image is converted. All the area containing transparency have been transformed to the specified color. A color table has been associated to the image.

Undo the change

8. If you want to undo the resize operation, select  Undo (Ctrl+Z) in the Local Toolbar.

9. You can also redo the change by choosing Redo (Ctrl+Y) in the Local Toolbar.

Save the modified image

10. As the document has been changed, you'll be prompted to save it when you'll close the window. You can only save the new image to a JPEG, BMP, PNG or PSD file.