Below we compare color reduction algorithms of the
Web Image Guru 5 , Adobe ImageReady CS and Macromedia
Fireworks MX 2004 using well known
balloon
image from the article "
Optimizing Web Graphics" at
WebReference.com.
There is the very good
comparison
of different color reduction algorithms there, but unfortunately it is not up to
date now. We add some results for newest software here. Result images converted
to 64 colors.
High quality JPEG image (49K) |
Web Image Guru 5 GIF (10.8 K) |

Adobe
ImageReady CS
GIF (10.6 K) |

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
GIF (10.9 K) |
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