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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Web safe color even for Flash?? |
| From: | David Gee |
| Date: | Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:04:50 GMT |
16 bit color is a web designer's worst nightmare... it even destroys most of
the web-safe color palette:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html?tw=design
my solution? i just gave up, i design everything in 24 bit color and pray to
god it looks ok. most 16bit color doesn't shift TOO much, the important
thing to remember with 16 bit color is never to use HTML background colors
(even websafe ones) sitting up against graphics or flash files with a
background of the same color. instead, i'll create a 10x10 or so .GIF of
that color and use a background image instead.
for an example of how things look if you DON'T do this (haven't gotten
around to fixing it yet) view the splashpage at www.morocco2001.com in 16bit
color. about 25% of people won't notice anything out of the ordinary, but
most people will see a color shift running across the screen where the
background color meets the background image.
david
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Mrozkowski" <andy [dot] mrozkowski
ybsolutions [dot] com>To: <flasher
chinwag [dot] com>Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: FLASH: Web safe color even for Flash??
> This really depends on your target audience. Most desktops monitors come
set
> at 16 bit color as a default and most users don't change it. Power Users
> will often bump it up to 24 bit. Older laptop displays will often only be
> able to display 256 (8 bit) color so in that situation, 216 (web safe)
> colors would be the only (non-dithering solution).
> I am a power user, but I design UI for software with 256 requirements. So
I
> boot up at 8 bit (Windows NT4). Most Flash looks terrible at this color
> depth so experiment with the different settings and examine your target
> audience and then test on that audience.
> hth
> andy
>
> .......andy mrozkowski.UI designer......
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner
chinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Motomichi> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 8:04 PM
> > To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> > Subject: FLASH: Web safe color even for Flash??
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Pardon me if this has been discussed here many times in he past..
> >
> > I am wondering if you should always stick with 216 web safe color
> > with Flash
> > even though the target audience has 16bits or more resolution. I
> > believe as
> > far as the color is in RGB value you can use it in Flash right? If
anyone
> > knows about this please let me know.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > mm
> >
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