--- a/ImageEditor.st	Thu Jul 30 11:20:11 1998 +0200
+++ b/ImageEditor.st	Fri Jul 31 01:16:10 1998 +0200
@@ -1274,25 +1274,30 @@
 blueFromColor:aColor
     "helper used to access a color as a row in the dataSet view"
 
+    aColor isNil ifTrue:[^ 'none'].
     ^ aColor blueByte ? 'mask'
 
     "Created: / 26.7.1998 / 12:30:35 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 01:11:18 / cg"
 !
 
 greenFromColor:aColor
     "helper used to access a color as a row in the dataSet view"
 
+    aColor isNil ifTrue:[^ 'none'].
     ^ aColor greenByte ? 'mask'
 
     "Created: / 26.7.1998 / 12:30:29 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 01:11:31 / cg"
 !
 
 redFromColor:aColor
     "helper used to access a color as a row in the dataSet view"
 
+    aColor isNil ifTrue:[^ 'none'].
     ^ aColor redByte ? 'mask'
 
-    "Modified: / 26.7.1998 / 12:30:22 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 01:11:35 / cg"
 ! !
 
 !ImageEditor methodsFor:'help'!
@@ -1698,23 +1703,23 @@
     depth := oldImage depth.
 
     oldImage photometric ~~ #palette ifTrue:[
-        self information:'Only palette images have colormaps.'.
+        self information:'Compress colorMap: Only palette images have colormaps.'.
         ^ self
     ].
 
     usedColors := oldImage usedColors.
     usedColors size == (1 bitShift:depth) ifTrue:[
-        self information:'All colors are used - no compression.'.
+        self information:'Compress colorMap: All colors are used - no compression.'.
         ^ self
     ].
     usedColors size == oldImage colorMap size ifTrue:[
-        self information:'Colormap already compressed - no compression.'.
+        self information:'Compress colorMap: Colormap already compressed - no compression.'.
         ^ self
     ].
 
     imageEditView makeUndo.
 
-    self information:('%1 colors used.' bindWith:usedColors size).
+    self information:('Compress colorMap: %1 colors used.' bindWith:usedColors size).
 
     self withExecuteCursorDo:[
         newColorMap := Array new:usedColors size.
@@ -1776,7 +1781,7 @@
     ]
 
     "Created: / 28.7.1998 / 20:03:11 / cg"
-    "Modified: / 28.7.1998 / 21:36:17 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 01:13:57 / cg"
 ! !
 
 !ImageEditor methodsFor:'user actions - editing'!
@@ -1948,17 +1953,23 @@
     image := Image fromUser.
 
     image depth > 8 ifTrue:[
-        image := Depth8Image fromImage:image.
+        Object errorSignal handle:[:ex |
+            self warn:'Could not convert to depth8 image (too many colors)'.
+            ^ self
+        ] do:[
+            image := Depth8Image fromImage:image.
+        ]
     ].
     (imageEditView image: image) notNil
     ifTrue:
     [
         self listOfColors contents:(image colorMap).
         self findColorMapMode.
-        self updateLabelsAndHistory
+        self updateLabelsAndHistory.
     ]
 
     "Created: / 29.7.1998 / 21:24:42 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 01:14:33 / cg"
 ! !
 
 !ImageEditor methodsFor:'user actions - saving'!