diff --git a/src/helma/image/SunImageWrapper.java b/src/helma/image/SunImageWrapper.java
index 7947fc35..4e1f59fd 100644
--- a/src/helma/image/SunImageWrapper.java
+++ b/src/helma/image/SunImageWrapper.java
@@ -27,28 +27,65 @@ public class SunImageWrapper extends ImageWrapper {
 
     public void reduceColors (int colors) {
 	try {
-	    ColorReducer redux = new ColorReducer (colors, true);
-	    img = redux.getColorReducedImage (img);
+	    int pixels[][] = getPixels();
+	    int palette[] = Quantize.quantizeImage(pixels, colors);
+	    int w = pixels.length;
+	    int h = pixels[0].length;
+	    int pix[] = new int[w * h];
+	    // convert to RGB
+	    for (int x = w; x-- > 0; ) {
+	        for (int y = h; y-- > 0; ) {
+	            pix[y * w + x] = palette[pixels[x][y]];
+	        }
+	    }
+	    img = imggen.createImage (new MemoryImageSource(w, h, pix, 0, w));
+	    // ColorReducer redux = new ColorReducer (colors, true);
+	    // img = redux.getColorReducedImage (img);
 	} catch (Exception x) {
-	    throw new RuntimeException (x.getMessage ());
+	    // throw new RuntimeException (x.getMessage ());
 	}
     }
 
+    /**
+    * Snag the pixels from an image.
+     */
+    int[][] getPixels () throws IOException {
+	int pix[] = new int[width * height];
+	PixelGrabber grabber = new PixelGrabber(img, 0, 0, width, height, pix, 0, width);
+	try {
+	    if (grabber.grabPixels() != true) {
+	        throw new IOException("Grabber returned false: " + grabber.status());
+	    }
+	} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+	    e.printStackTrace();
+	}
+	int pixels[][] = new int[width][height];
+	for (int x = width; x-- > 0; ) {
+	    for (int y = height; y-- > 0; ) {
+	        pixels[x][y] = pix[y * width + x];
+	    }
+	}
+	return pixels;
+    }
+
+
     public void saveAs (String filename) {
 	try {
 	    if (filename.toLowerCase().endsWith (".gif")) {
 	        // sun's jimi package doesn't encode gifs, use Acme encoder
 	        FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream (filename);
+	        // Acme gif encoder
 	        GifEncoder enc = new GifEncoder (img, fout);
 	        enc.encode ();
+	        // new alternative gif encoder
+	        // GIFEncoder enc = new GIFEncoder (img);
+	        // enc.Write (fout);
 	        fout.close ();
 	    } else {
 	        Jimi.putImage (img, filename);
 	    }
-	} catch (JimiException x) {
+	} catch (Exception x) {
 	    throw new RuntimeException (x.getMessage ());
-	}  catch (IOException iox) {
-	    throw new RuntimeException (iox.getMessage ());
 	}
     }