Can I reduce colors in PS?

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David Habercom
Jun 6, 2006
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Can I reduce the number of colors in an image in PS — to, say, 40? How would I do it? Thanks!

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Andrew Morton
Jun 6, 2006
David Habercom wrote:
Can I reduce the number of colors in an image in PS — to, say, 40? How would I do it? Thanks!

You could use File->Save for web…, choose GIF and set the number of colours. You can try it with no diffusion, and you can change what the colours it’s using are by double-clicking them.

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Bill Hilton
Jun 6, 2006
David Habercom wrote:
Can I reduce the number of colors in an image in PS — to, say, 40? How would I do it? Thanks!

In addition to the GIF suggestion you might try Image – Adjustments – Posterize and vary the Levels setting …

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toby
Jun 6, 2006
David Habercom wrote:
Can I reduce the number of colors in an image in PS — to, say, 40? How would I do it? Thanks!

Mode->Indexed Colour and choose Palette: Local, and just enter the number of colours you want in the palette.

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David Habercom
Jun 6, 2006
"toby" wrote in news:1149603934.654778.277500 @i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

Mode->Indexed Colour and choose Palette: Local, and just enter the number of colours you want in the palette.
Thanks. That seems simple enough!

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David Habercom
Jun 6, 2006
That is less precise than Toby’s Mode->Indexed Colour approach, but I like the idea of having a preview, which may suit my purposes better. I’ll play with that, too. Thanks, guys!

"Bill Hilton" wrote in news:1149602816.175006.84870 @h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

In addition to the GIF suggestion you might try Image – Adjustments – Posterize and vary the Levels setting …

Bill

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