Strange Photoshop problem with GIF

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Joined: Aug 1999

This one has me baffled. I created an image which only used 'safe' colours. Black and white (no gradients or anything fancy) on a pure gray background (RGB #999999).

Then export >> GIF standard and when the GIF is loaded back into Photoshop ... the gray is now RGB #9b9b9b so that when it is placed on a larger background of #999999 you can see (if you have 20/20 vision) lines around the image that was RGB #999999 before it was exported as a GIF.

Anyone got any ideas why that happens??

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Joined: Apr 1999

You probably didnt give your image enough colors when you exported the gif, so the program put two similars greys together.

Malte

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