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320 CHAPTER 8 COLOR MANIPULATION, CHANNELS, AND LAYER MODES Figure 8-23. Figure 8-22 is zoomed in to show how dithering helps the background look smooth. Flatten for Better Dithering What s the problem? Well, part of the problem is that converting an image with multiple layers to indexed mode often doesn t work very well. This image has five layers: the background, the text, the text s shadow, Wilber, and Wilber s shadow. The GIMP is trying to index each of these layers separately and so the dithering on those shadow layers looks very poor. There are two solutions. First, get rid of the layers. Image . Flatten Image combines all layers into one. That means it will be difficult to do any further editing on the image, so it may be best to make a copy of the image (Image . Duplicate). Then flatten and convert the copy so that you can keep all your layers in your original XCF. The flattened image looks much better when indexed, even with only eight colors (Figure 8-24). Figure 8-24. Flattening the image helps quite a bit. Redesigning for Better Indexed Results But sometimes, if the goal is to make a very small image, simplifying the design can help more. The sad fact is that those lovely, subtle color fades you can make in GIMP don t translate very well to indexed formats.
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