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8i (AccuSoft term)

This indicates 8-bit indexed color. 8i is used to distinguish between 8-bit gray scale (8-bit gray level) and 8-bit indexed color.

An 8-bit indexed color DIB is one where each 8-bit pixel value in the bitmap is used as an index to the palette. The palette dictates which RGB color the pixel displays.

These images are compact ways of storing color images. However they are difficult to process because the bytes that make up the pixel can no longer be ordered with any certainty.

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