The copy raster command has an option to convert to RGB. I have found this very useful when mosaicing two or more rasters that are 8-bit colormapped with differing color maps. However, once I have the mosaiced RGB image, I'd like to convert it back to an 8 bit color mapped file (TIFF) with an optimized color map to save space.
-- Can this be accomplished interactively with ArcDesktop?
-- Can this be automated with Python?
Thanks in advance!
-- Glenn
