Re: How to change palette of desktop picture?

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <1993Oct2.013627.10455@msuvx1> ustai@msuvx1.memst.edu writes:
> Hi,
> 	I've a picture which I'd like to use as a desktop picture, however,
> when I do, the palette's all screwed up.  Reds turn green, blues turn red and
> such.  When I tried to edit the picture under deluxepaint II, it was its normal
> self.  Any ideas what I can do to make it look more normal?

It is probably a 320-mode picture.  Most IIgs desktop programs
(including Finder) use 640-mode.  The colours don't work the same way
in 320 and 640 mode, so a picture drawn in one mode will look peculiar
in the other mode.

I think you also have no control over the palettes for a desktop
picture.  If the picture was drawn in 640 mode with a non-standard set
of colours, they would also come out strange.

The only thing I can suggest is to load the picture into a drawing
program which supports both modes, switch to 640 mode, and replace all
of the colours with ones that look better, restricting yourself to the
standard 640-mode colour set.
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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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