Here's an example regarding the image color quantization I've been talking about.
This is an original subtitle bitmap having a palette of 4 or 5 colors:
ffmpeg -y -loglevel verbose -i "..\fate-suite\apng\o_sample.png" -filter_complex "elbg=pal8=1" -frames:v 1 out.png
ffmpeg -y -loglevel verbose -i "..\fate-suite\apng\o_sample.png" -filter_complex "elbg=pal8=1:use_alpha=1" -frames:v 1 out.png
Rainbow Ring
Original (from 32bpp PNG)
fate-suite\apng\o_sample.png
Original
400%
All following images are zoomed to 400% and taken as screenshots from Photoshop
Photoshop (to 8-bit alpha palette)
PngQuant (to 8-bit alpha palette)
Paletteuse/gen Regular (to 8-bit non-alpha palette; only single transparent color)
Paletteuse/gen New Alpha-Patch (to 8-bit alpha palette)