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How can you transform a high quality 32 or 16 bit picture into a 256 colors bitmap without destroying the whole thing? I mean it looks horrible, I make a bitmap, then use the Donk pallete and , you know.
I've tried a lot of things, like effects and so, but it just won't work, the images still look grouss. Any ideas?

I do not know if you tried, but you may look for the different dithering algorithms available in your favorite graphical tool (eg, Floyd-Steinberg in GIMP).

Yeah, I know, in Gimp it works better but I ussualy use Paint Shop Pro under Windows and even if I have a two-colors image, but created in TrueColors, After changing the pallete the whole thing will appear like a dotted image that is quite hard to understand. OK, thanx, I'll try to use Gimp.

If your using paint shop pro make sure you use error diffusion dithering, then zoom out to 1:1, it should look ok, it will look super pixelated zoomed in then. Theres only so much you can do with the dink pallette though. And I should know.

nobody will ever tell me how to convert to dink pallets on my verry expensive "adoby photoshop delux buisness edition"

*Does quick search*

You asked once, 5 months ago, in an unrelated thread. And you wonder why nobody answered

Anyway, if the Business Edition is anything like Photoshop 7.0, this is what you do.

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Part 1: Save Pallete
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You only have to do this once. Open up any of the original Dink bmps (tiles, frames, whatever). Click Image-Mode-Color Table. Click save, and put it in a logical place with a logical name.

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Part 2: Apply Pallete
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Open up the image you want to change, and click Image-Mode-RGB Color (if the image isn't already in RGB Color). Then click Image-Mode-Indexed Color. This will prompt you to select a pallete, pick Custom, and find the file you saved in Part 1. Click ok, and now your image has the Dink pallete applied to it.

actualy I meant "Adobi PhotoDelux buisnes aditon." has noone got that?

Maybe you mean "Adobe PhotoDeluxe business editon"?

Heh, if you want help, at least type what you want help with properly!

maybe when 32 bit color is added to the dink engine there wont be any problems... *dont complain christiaan lol*

I already added 32-bit color support, and it works completely (as long as the new graphics aren't in a ff file; soon it won't matter), along with windowed mode.
I wish people would check the dink source forum more often. You can find my post here.