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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">2.2.¬†
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">2.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Preparing your Images for the Web</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-using-web-reducing-file-size"></a>2.2.¬†
  40.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Reducing the File Size Even More</span>
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  45.       <p>
  46.       If you want to reduce the size of your image a bit more, you could
  47.       convert your image to Indexed mode. That means that all of the colors
  48.       will be reduced to only 256 values. Converting images with smooth color
  49.       transitions or gradients to indexed mode will often give poor results,
  50.       because it will turn the smooth gradients into a series of bands. This
  51.       method is also not recommended for photographs because it will make the
  52.       image look coarse and grainy.
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  57.           <b>Figure¬†6.7.¬†
  58.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The indexed image</span>
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  63.             <img src="../images/using/preparing_for_web2.png" alt="The indexed image" />
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  66.             An indexed image can look a bit grainy. The left image is Wilber
  67.             in its original size, the right one is zoomed in by 300 percent.
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  78.           Use the command described in <a class="xref" href="gimp-image-mode.html" title="9.3.¬† Mode">Section¬†9.3, ‚Äú
  79.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Mode</span>
  80.   ‚Äù</a>
  81.           to convert your RGB image to indexed mode.
  82.         </p>
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  86.           After you have converted the image to indexed mode, you are once
  87.           again able to <a class="link" href="gimp-file-save.html" title="5.7.¬† Save">save</a> your
  88.           image in <a class="link" href="gimp-images-out.html#file-png-save-defaults">PNG
  89.           format</a>.
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  108.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-using-web.html">2.¬†
  109.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Preparing your Images for the Web</span>
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  117.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Saving Images with Transparency</span>
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