With 8-bit color images, the color selected in the color picker is
mapped to the closest available LUT color when you draw on the image.
Note that text may not display correctly on 8-bit color images unless
antialiasing ("Smooth") is disabled in the Edit>Options>Fonts window.
-wayne
On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Michael Wilson wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> Does anyone understand how to specify the colors used when adding text
> to 8 bit color images?
>
> The color picker seems to work just fine for RGB images, but not for
> images with 8bit LUTs. I would have expected the color picker to
> display
> the available LUT colors in such a situation but it appears to provide
> the whole RGB palatte. Of itself this would not be overly confusing if
> the selected colors where then mapped to the nearest matches in the
> available LUT, but even this does not appear to be happening.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael
>
> Michael Wilson Ph.D.
> Principal Physicist
> Nuclear Medicine Dept.
> Queen Elizabeth Hospital
> Birmingham
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> UK
>
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