DWCS3 gif image color anomoly

Okay, this is weird. I created a web site in DW8. All looked
good and displays fine in browser. I just downloaded CS3 and opened
the same site and now one specific GIF is not displaying correctly.
In Photoshop or Mac Preview, the GIF looks as expected (black on
top, blue on bottom), but in DW the image is not even close to the
same color. I'm not talking display calibration diferences, I mean
the color is completely different.
The best way to show what I mean is for you to see the screen
captures. This URL shows how DW displays the GIF and how all other
apps display it:
DW view:
http://warrenize.com/stuff/dw_view.jpg
Other apps view:
http://warrenize.com/stuff/all_other_apps_view.jpg
Is this a DW bug, or user error, or what?

Please contact Technical Support.
http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/dreamweaver/index.html?tab:contact=1
Note that if your problem is a bug in DW, then it does not
count as a
support incident.
Thanks,
Randy
> Okay, this is weird. I created a web site in DW8. All
looked good and displays
> fine in browser. I just downloaded CS3 and opened the
same site and now one
> specific GIF is not displaying correctly. In Photoshop
or Mac Preview, the GIF
> looks as expected (black on top, blue on bottom), but in
DW the image is not
> even close to the same color. I'm not talking display
calibration diferences, I
> mean the color is completely different.
>
> The best way to show what I mean is for you to see the
screen captures. This
> URL shows how DW displays the GIF and how all other apps
display it:
>
http://warrenize.com/stuff/
>
> Is this a DW bug, or user error, or what?

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