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Mirta Sander
Mirta Sander
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January 10, 2019
Question

Bitmap color model?

  • January 10, 2019
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Hi. I have a small question.

I need to export some artboard to bmp file with spec: bitmap 16 colors with format .bmp

So can i export as bmp and then what i need to set for 16 colors? RGB OR Bitmap?

Thanks.

Mirta

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    Myra Ferguson
    Myra Ferguson
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2019

    I'm on Windows, so I do see that dialog. I am looking at the current version, not CS6, though. Even at that, I can only get you so far in Illustrator. If you select RGB, your lowest bit depth option is 16 bit; however, 16 colors is 4 bit. If you do a Save for Web (Legacy)... to create a GIF, you can set the colors to 16 and adjust the Color Reduction Algorithm and Dithering to make it look as close to the original as possible.

    At this point, I haven't found a way to get you from the GIF to the 4 bit BMP in Illustrator. You might see if there's a GIF to BMP converter online that will use the Color Table created in Illustrator.

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      Kenneth Kawamoto
      Community Expert
      January 10, 2019

      Can you set it to 16 bit in the BMP export dialogue?

      Monika Gause
      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      January 10, 2019

      That screenshot is Photoshop. Illustrator does not offer this.

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      Kenneth Kawamoto
      Community Expert
      January 10, 2019

      I hope I know what software I am using, Monika

        Monika Gause
        Monika Gause
        Community Expert
        January 10, 2019

        Try doing that in Photoshop. You have to assign a limited color palette.

        Mirta Sander
        Mirta SanderAuthor
        Known Participant
        January 10, 2019

        Hi Monika.

        I have only Illustrator CS6 (and InDesign CS6). No Photoshop, sorry.

        So i need to do only in Illustrator.

        What is the difference RGB and Bitmap Color model?

        Remember that the color model of Bitmap is 16 colors in the color table, confirm?

        Thanks.

        Monika Gause
        Monika Gause
        Community Expert
        January 10, 2019

        You can't assign a limited color palette to a BMP image in Illustrator. You need an image editing application for that. If you don't have Photoshop, try GIMP.

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