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   Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>
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#ifndef kpEffectReduceColors_H
#define kpEffectReduceColors_H

#include <QImage>

// The <depth> specified must be supported by QImage.
class kpEffectReduceColors
{
public:
    // TODO: Why isn't applyEffect() for the public API sufficient?
    //       Ans: See TODO in kpDocument_Save.cpp.  Maybe we should rename
    //            this method?
    //      
    //            Also, this can increase the image depth while applyEffect()
    //            will not.
    static QImage convertImageDepth (const QImage &image, int depth, bool dither);

    static void applyEffect (QImage *destPixmapPtr, int depth, bool dither);
    static QImage applyEffect (const QImage &pm, int depth, bool dither);
};


#endif  // kpEffectReduceColors_H