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Old 05-25-2017, 10:43 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It is if the source file contains fewer than 256 colours. Maps in fantasy novels tend to be either monochrome, or else black and white with a very limited palette of additional colours, and hence will compress losslessly in GIF format. Line drawings (which maps typically are) are the ideal candidate for GIF compression.
The map was a color map, and it probably had more than 256 colors (there were color gradients).
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