Jerome Waters wrote:
> 
> For the "gif" format, the image_map feature "transmit/filter all 1.0"
> seems to work as expected.  But for "png", "tga", and "bmp" formats such
> is not the case.  Is there a bug in the "transmit/filter" feature for
> "png", "tga", and "bmp" or is there something I'm missing.
> 
> I'd really prefer to use a format other than "gif" that supports a
> greater number of colors.
> 
> - Jerome

It is not a bug. The filter and transmit all only works on images that have
an 8 bit 256 color palette. I think you can save your .bmp, tga or whatever
in 8 bit 256 colors and use those image formats but you lose the color depth
you are looking for.

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