Color depth overview
Color depth refers to the number of colors that an image contains. FotoCanvas Lite displays images using many different color depths. You can convert an image to any of the following color depths:
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Black and White: This type of color depth uses a two color, black and white palette.
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16 Grays: This type of color depth uses a 16 color grayscale palette.
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256 Grays: This type of color depth uses a 256 color grayscale palette.
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16 Colors: This type of color depth uses a 16 color palette.
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256 Colors: This type of color depth uses a 256 color palette. Images saved using the GIF format use 256 colors by default.
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Highcolor: This type of color depth uses a 32,768 color palette.
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Truecolor: This type of color depth uses a 16,777,216 color palette that is composed of all colors visible to the human eye.