From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Subject: Re: [9fans] how to create (convert) face?
From: "rob pike, esq." <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Mon,  8 Apr 2002 13:43:33 -0400
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I don't know why gif -c produced a 16-bit image, but iconv will handle
the conversion.  If it's a greyscale image, use iconv -c k4 to get a
4-bit image.  If it's color, use iconv -c m8 to get an 8-bit
colormapped image.

-rob