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Well, one day I remember in a thread I had saved a picture as a .gif and the color had fucked up. Cookierevised said it was something to do wit my settings, well I was wandering how do I make it were when I save it as a .gif it dont  mess up the colors of the image? And also, why can't I save a picture a a .jpg it don't ever give me a option to save it as that.....

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Originally posted by Sean
And also, why can't I save a picture a a .jpg it don't ever give me a option to save it as that.....

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http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=23...d=219914#pid219914

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Originally posted by Sean
well I was wandering how do I make it were when I save it as a .gif it dont  mess up the colors of the image?

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convert your image to 256 colors before saving it. Although it should do that automaticly in MS Paint though...

How do I convert it to 256 colors?


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Okay I was reading this artical http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193354

And okay I have a question, I cant save it as a .jpg cause I dont have picture it express installed? I mean I have the disk for it but I dont have it installed, do i need to install it to get to save it as a .jpg?

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Originally posted by Sean
How do I convert it to 256 colors?

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With "convert to 256 colors" I was talking in general. In Paint, you can't do that, but it will automaticly reduce the colors when the image format only supports x colors (but, note that the conversion-method to less colors used by Paint, isn't the best algorithm; there are many more (often better) ways to do it which will give a much better result. But this said, Paint is only a very basic graphics program, so don't expect to much of it.)

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Originally posted by Sean
I cant save it as a .jpg cause I dont have picture it express installed?

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Microsoft Picture It! Express or Microsoft Paint....

Both are different programs. But the article gives only a list of what to do for Picture It!... But the same goes for Paint; Instead of Picture It!, select/unselect Paint, the rest stays the same as described...

You mean to select paint in add/remove? It's not listed in there.

indeed it isn't listed there because that isn't the place where you need to look for it...

read the list in the article again, you proberly read it to quickly :

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• Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  
• On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Microsoft Plus! 98, click Add/Remove, click Add/Remove again, and then click Next.
  
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Okay I am almost threw, I am doing the reg edit but I am confused about this part....

Use Registry Editor to remove the JPEG value from the following registry keys:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Shared Tools/Graphic Filters/ Export

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Shared Tools/Graphic Filters/ Import


Does that mean to go to the Import and delete the JPEG folder and the sam in the Export??


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I dont have Microsoft Plus! 98 on my add/remove programs either??

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Originally posted by Sean
Does that mean to go to the Import and delete the JPEG folder and the sam in the Export??

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yes... (although they aren't "folders".)

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Originally posted by Sean
I dont have Microsoft Plus! 98 on my add/remove programs either??

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• ......
  
• Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  
• On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Microsoft Plus! 98, click Add/Remove, click Add/Remove again, and then click Next.
  
• ......

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On the Install/Uninstall tab; not in the "add/remove programs"-list....

EDIT: sorry for the wrong info, this is for Picture It!... MS Paint is found in "windows setup"...

Umm its not there or I am not lookin hard enought... I deleted the registry tho....

you deleted the registry?