"MLynch" <a@a.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I want to fill a rectangle with a custom colour (purple-ish). however when
> the generated gif file is viewed the colour in the rectangle is stippled
> which seems to me to indicate it saved in as a low res colour. (Sample
code
> below)
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> What am I missing here? Do I need to work with Bitmap palettes?
>
> Regards
>
> - M Lynch
>
> Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(100, 100, PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb);
> Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);
> graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(82, 56, 91)), 0, 0,
> 100, 100);
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> bitmap.Save("a.gif", ImageFormat.Gif);
> graphics.Dispose();
> bitmap.Dispose();
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> I want to fill a rectangle with a custom colour (purple-ish). however when
> the generated gif file is viewed the colour in the rectangle is stippled
> which seems to me to indicate it saved in as a low res colour. (Sample
code
> below)
>
> What am I missing here? Do I need to work with Bitmap palettes?