From: doing DOT this DOT seems DOT to DOT remove AT most DOT spam DOT true DOT address DOT is DOT in DOT reply_to DOT field (Bevyn Douglas Quiding)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer,comp.graphics.algorithms
Subject: Re: Palette Conversion
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 02:07:56 +1200
Organization: University of Auckland, Computer Science Dept.
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In article <34058700 DOT 7BFE AT mcn DOT net>, massmedia AT mcn DOT net wrote:

=>Benny wrote:
=>> 
=>> Richard Sim wrote:
=>> >
=>> I'm having a little problem - I've made a palette for my game but I need to
=>> convert the palette to a palette type that Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop
can load.
=>
=>> So -- has anyone got a conversion utility for these palettes or could
=>> anyone help, thanks.
=>
=>I just dealt with the same problem...  I'm using Photoshop 4 and 768
=>byte palette files. I figured out that photoshop uses 8 bit values for
=>it's colors and the vga uses 5 bit values.  Just load the bytes,
=>multiply them by 8 (or shift them by 3 bits... byte<<3) and then write
=>them out with a photoshop palette extension.

vga uses 6-bits of each primary (shift left by 2).

Bevyn.

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