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Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2000 05:14:15 GMT
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Matej wrote:

> Hi all,
> how to display 2 or more different bitmaps (pcx) on the screen? There is no
> problem when I have only 1 pic and call the set_pallete(pal). But if I
> experiment something more with 2 pics and call the set_pallete(newpal) (or
> just set_pallete(pal)) before or after blitting them to screen all those
> colors mix up...

I was able to work around this problem by doing these steps to exploit a
feature of Allegro's blit() function:

1.  Use at least a 15-bit or higher video mode.
2.  For every image that you load, have a 8-bit bitmap (create_bitmap_ex())of
the exact same size (or bigger) of the bitmaps that you want to load.
3.  Set your palette for whatever bitmap you are loading.
4.  Load your bitmap into the 8-bit bitmap.
5.  Blit the bitmap to the desired high color bitmap.
Repeat 3-5 for each bitmap.

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