GP2Edit - Car bitmaps in crazy colours?

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Jake
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GP2Edit - Car bitmaps in crazy colours?

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Hi guys,

I've got a slight problem with GP2Edit, every time I try to open a car bitmap it somehow ends up in a crazy mix of colours. Here's what is going on:

I've created a livery, and copy/pasted it over what I've just saved from the editor.
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It then saves in the required .BMP format, changing colours a little.
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It then suddenly does this when I open it in GP2Edit...and I don't know why.
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If somebody can point me in the right direction for this it would be much appreciated.

Cheers :)
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There are more than 256 colors in this image. Im sure that you edited it in Windows Vista/7 or just forgot about the GP2 palette.

The easiest way for editing this bitmaps (and the others) is to use IrfanView. There is a option for importing palettes so everythging will be okay. :wink: Also remember to check the number of colors already in your bitmap.
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Re: GP2Edit - Car bitmaps in crazy colours?

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Or you can use a copy of good old mspaint.exe from Windows XP. That's what I do (too stubborn to leave old habits).
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Re: GP2Edit - Car bitmaps in crazy colours?

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RacerBG wrote:There are more than 256 colors in this image. Im sure that you edited it in Windows Vista/7 or just forgot about the GP2 palette.

The easiest way for editing this bitmaps (and the others) is to use IrfanView. There is a option for importing palettes so everythging will be okay. :wink: Also remember to check the number of colors already in your bitmap.
I was given a .PAL file which works perfectly when imported into IrfanView. So my cars aren't getting the Hendrix-vomit treatment now...thanks chaps :)
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Re: GP2Edit - Car bitmaps in crazy colours?

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Yes, this was caused by saving in another .bmp format than 256 colors.

Even with Pbrush / Paint, though, you do have to manually select a 256-color bitmap in the "Save As..." dialog, though.
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AD wrote:Yes, this was caused by saving in another .bmp format than 256 colors.

Even with Pbrush / Paint, though, you do have to manually select a 256-color bitmap in the "Save As..." dialog, though.
XP and earlier Mspaint may cause problems even if you select the correct number of colours if you created a new file. But editing on a copy of an existing bitmap never gave me problems and using the "Save as.." dialog too (and always had the correct number of colours automatically sellected).

But W7 paint is troubled even if you do everything right, as it seems to change colours very easily when copying/pasting.
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rremedio wrote:Or you can use a copy of good old mspaint.exe from Windows XP. That's what I do (too stubborn to leave old habits).
Good idea =D>
Works perfect in Windows 8. =D>
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AAS wrote:
rremedio wrote:Or you can use a copy of good old mspaint.exe from Windows XP. That's what I do (too stubborn to leave old habits).
Good idea =D>
Works perfect in Windows 8. =D>
Why you had changed your OS to this mobile device (Windows 8)? This is really poor move from Microsoft. :-"
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RacerBG wrote: Why you had changed your OS to this mobile device (Windows 8)? This is really poor move from Microsoft. :-"
While I was sick in bed, I got this (my first!) laptop.
Windows 8 was also already installed.
With the right settings and tools it looks and feels like xp or vista.
It starts quickly, runs reliably, most games will work fine.
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Most complains I've read about Win8 are about the interface. But I've seen reports of it having a high (near 100%) compatibility with Win7 and running 30% faster when installed on the same computer. So I'm considering a switch.
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Im aware of it's perfomance but it's interface bugs me a lot.
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For future reference, I'll just add a quick checklist here for people who want to pursue the IrfanView option, instead of using the trusted, old XP version of Paint to edit. A palette file with the correct settings can be imported into a new picture, once you've created one using an existing image that works. So:
  • open a .bmp file with correct 256x164x8 BPP colours (in doubt, save a .bmp file straight out of a carset in GP2Edit)
  • Image > Palette > Export Palette... (then save the .pal file)
  • copy the bitmap you've edited into IrfanView
  • Image > Palette > Import Palette... (then select the .pal file you've saved previously)
  • Save your new image as a .bmp file.
Alternatively, go the nerdy route, paste this into notepad and name it whateverworks.pal or something like that:

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