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From: Mike Clarke
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:27

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In article <CUYL1Hd64Bu8Ewpe@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett 
<andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes:

>Incidentally, why does saving a 256-colour GIF as a 5-colour GIF 
>sometimes result in a larger file?

I suppose it might happen if you had some large area of uniform colour 
that matched one of the original 256 colours but none of the 5. This 
would be dithered to approximate the desired colour and result in a much 
less compressible image.

-- 
Mike Clarke

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