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. Also remember to check the number of colors already in your bitmap.
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. 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
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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RacerBG wrote:
Why you had changed your OS to this mobile device (Windows ? 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.
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.
"The Fox provides for himself. but God provides for the Lion"
Early 90s F1 forever!
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)