From: Konstanty Bialkowski <M DOT Bialkowski AT mailbox DOT uq DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Allegro: reading fractint .map-files (or psp .pal files) ?
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 14:07:36 +1000
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epsilonbeta AT geocities DOT com wrote:

> How can I, using Allegro, read in a .map-file (used in fractint) or
> pal-file (used in Paint Shop Pro) into a PALETTE structure ?
>
> Or how can I display a picture using a palette from a .map-file ?
>
> with each r,g,b value ranging from 0 to 255, while in a PALETTE
> structure each r,g,b value ranges from 0 to 63 (as you might know:-))

 All you need to do is divide each triplet value by 4. [so 255->63 etc]
pal->r=int(r/4)
...

Konstanty
http://kon.home.ml.org