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14.9.3
Mode
Figure 14.60: The ‘Mode’ submenu of the ‘Image’ menu
The Mode submenu contains commands which let you change the color mode of the image. There are three modes.
14.9.3.1
Activating the Submenu
• You can access this submenu from the image menubar through Image → Mode.
14.9.3.2
The Contents of the ‘Mode’ Submenu
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14.9.4
RGB mode
The RGB command converts your image to RGB mode. See the
description in the Glossary for more information. Normally,
you work in this mode, which is well-adapted to the screen. It is possible to convert an RGB image to Grayscale or Indexed
mode, but be careful: once you have saved the image, you can no longer retrieve the RGB colors, so you should work on a copy
of your image.
mode, but be careful: once you have saved the image, you can no longer retrieve the RGB colors, so you should work on a copy
of your image.
14.9.4.1
Activating the command
• You can access this command from the image menu bar through Image → Mode → RGB.
14.9.5
Grayscale mode
You can use the Grayscale command to convert your image to grayscale with 256 levels of gray, from 0 (black) to 255 (white).
See the glossary for more information about
See the glossary for more information about