> [M]y question is: ... can imported images be 24-bit?
[Raney:]
Yes...
> The reason I ask is that I have prepared a stack into which I have
> imported some 24-bit color images (each using about 18K colours, and
> probably a fairly similar set to each other). They are of skin, and
> they appear BLUE in MetaCard. Whilst fiddling around with the local
> metaManiac, it appeared that the problems occurred once we went above
> 256 colours. Thus, we suspected that we have hit some 256 colours
> barrier.
> Does such a barrier exist? Can it be modified? If so, how???
[Raney:]
There's no fixed boundary here, though remapping 24-bit color images
down to 8-bit is no walk in the park.
In actual fact, I DO NOT want to operate with 8-bit colours. I want to
operate in/with 24-bit. The 255 colours thing was just fiddling.
(Also JPG is out, BMP is in.)
So, any idea why my skin is blue, and how it may be remedied?
B-)