From: jakarppi AT paju DOT oulu DOT fi (Jari Karppinen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: What is a good palette for 8-Bit Grafix?
Date: 19 Oct 1999 13:35:15 GMT
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp Roland Moritz <hotel DOT moritz AT utanet DOT at> wrote:
>I want to create a game in Mode-X with Allegro, and now my problem is the
>following:
>Which Palette should I use? How can I make it, that every important color is
>in the palette, and that there are colors in the palette, which enable me to
>make smooth color-changes (for instance when I need the colors to draw a
>picture where a orange gradually turns to a grey or something...)? Can I
>download a good 8-Bit palette somewhere, or has anyone got any tips for how
>to make it?

It looks to me that you need a good pixel graphics editor. I advice you
to try Grafx2, an excellent Deluxe Paint-clone located at

ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/resources/graphics/gfx2b946.zip