From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Q: remapping .BMP palettes
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 19:44:41 +0100
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BECman writes:
>I am currently developing a project using DJGPP and Allegro.
>I have created a number of .BMP files, all of which use a
>different palette, and was wondering if any one knows of an
>easy way of remapping the palette of one file to another files
>palette?

Combine all your 256 color pictures into a huge 24 bit .TGA file, reduce
that to 256 colors with your favorite image conversion program (if it is
a good one, it will generate a nice optimal palette for you), and then
split the resulting image back up into the original files...


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