Re: jpegs become grainy when imported

[Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa]

Phil Davis wrote:

> Hi folks,

Yo!

> When I imported some jpeg images into a stack, their smooth background
> color became grainy.

Sounds like they've been dithered down to 8 bit color. Probably they
started at 16- or more bits, or as you indicate used a custom palette
(less likely).

If MC supports it, try doing a pattern dither for the images, or better
yet importing them at their native resolution. Else open them in
Photoshop or an equivalent *high-quality* image editing app and dither
them down to an 8-bit system palette there, applying the editor's
interpolation to smooth them.

--WthmO