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Converting PNG32 file to PNG8 without losing alpha channel

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Mar 15, 20264477 views
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I'm using Linux and have no access to any of Adobe's 'fancy' programs. I'm trying to convert an existing PNG32 image with alpha channel to PNG8. I have tried the following methods: - Horribly distorts the image and preserving only binary alpha (Not Indexed alpha) GIMP - Fails as well, but produces …

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convert original.png PNG8:new.png

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Fix for: Converting PNG32 file to PNG8 without losing alpha channel

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I know I'm a bit late to the party, but this recently bit me on a web project I'm working on. I used pngnq for batch conversion and my PNG8 have never looked better. In fact, with the highest sampling rate ( ) the results are nearly indistinguishabl…

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