GIF Quality Range (1 bit to 8 bits)

You can see the change in quality as the number of colors goes up. Again, the conversion program is choosing the colors automatically, to give what it considers the best color set for the final image.

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GIF at 1 bit depth

(results in 2 colors)

File Size 382 bytes

GIF at 2 bit depth

(results in 4 colors)

File Size 624 bytes

GIF at 3 bit depth

(results in 8 colors)

File Size 977 bytes

GIF at 4 bit depth

(results in 16 colors)

File Size 1,393 bytes

GIF at 5 bit depth

(results in 32 colors)

File Size 1,803 bytes

GIF at 6 bit depth

(results in 64 colors)

File Size 2,283 bytes

GIF at 7 bit depth

(results in 128 colors)

File Size 2,836 bytes

GIF at 8 bit depth

(results in 256 colors)

File Size 3,786 bytes


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