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 Sorry if this is a dumb question, but in the twain pixel type property, what is the difference between RGBcolor and PaletteColor?  And how would you decide which to use?

Thanks,

Tony Tetley
Professional Data Services, Inc.

Hi Tony,

No problem, the only 'dumb' question is the one not asked :-)

PaletteColor is basically 4 or 8 bits and is indexed to the color palette. RGBColor is 24 bit and has no palette since the color data in store in the pixels. 

Hi Sean,

 thank you for the reply.  So, PaletteColor is going to yeild a better quality image than RGBcolor? 

Tony 

Hi Tony,

Actualy the RGB Color would have better color than the palettized. Palletized is 8 bits so you get 256 colors, whereas the RGB Color is 24 bit so 16 million colors.