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FolderItem.SaveAs8BitPNGMBS(pic as picture, colors() as color, gamma as single = 0.0) as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method PNG MBS Images Plugin 8.4 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Saves a palette based RGB picture as a PNG file.

Pic should have no mask.
Colors must be an array with 256 values defining the palette.

Returns true on success and false on failure.

The gamma parameter defines what gamma correction is applied:
positive value: use the value as the gamma correction
zero: use default value (or value saved in file itself)
negative value: do not correct gamma

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FolderItem.SaveAs8BitPNGMBS(pic as picture, colors() as color, gamma as single, Interlace as Boolean, FilterType as Integer) as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method PNG MBS Images Plugin 8.7 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Saves a palette based RGB picture as a PNG file.

Pic should have no mask.
Colors must be an array with 256 values defining the palette.

Returns true on success and false on failure.

The gamma parameter defines what gamma correction is applied:
positive value: use the value as the gamma correction
zero: use default value (or value saved in file itself)
negative value: do not correct gamma

If Interlace is true the Adam7 interlacing is used.
FilterType specifies the filter:

const PNG_NO_FILTERS= 0
const PNG_FILTER_NONE= 8
const PNG_FILTER_SUB= 16
const PNG_FILTER_UP= 32
const PNG_FILTER_AVG= 64
const PNG_FILTER_PAETH= 128
const PNG_FILTER_ALL= 248

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Some examples using this method:

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