What are their properties? I tryed to make some of my own, I just resized some inmages and they don't show up.
What do i have to do to them

First, what are you using for a graphics program, you will need one that supports *.pcx format.
Gimp is a free program that does if you don't have one.

Then you are going to have to learn about transparant colours and indexing to 256 colours. Learning about the palette is the number one priority.

Era Splashes are one of the easiest mods to do - all you need is MS Paint and Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com.

1. Copy image into MS Paint and make it 640x480. Save as a 24-bit color .bmp file.

2. Open the file in Irfanview and decrease the color depth to 256 colors, though I generally decrease it to 224 colors, as sometimes 256 color files have black dots on the image.

3. Save as a .pcx file.

MeteorPunch... The Black Dots are probably because you are using Error Diffusion Reduction Method. The Best way to get the most colors is to add Magenta (255, 0 255) and Green (0, 255, 0) as 1 pixels each to the image in an area that you can correct later. Reduce to 256 colors using Nearest Color Matching, Paint out the Magenta and Green pixels with what those spots were before adding the Magenta and Green... then increase to 16 million colors and reduce to 256 colors. That will leave the two slots at the end of the palette where you add the Magenta and Green Transparent colors.

Era Splashes are one of the easiest mods to do - all you need is MS Paint and Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com.

1. Copy image into MS Paint and make it 640x480. Save as a 24-bit color .bmp file.

IrfanView can do the MSPaint part too.;) So there`s no need to use it.

Edit:
General 666`s Mini Palette Tutorial (IrfanView) ::D

After you have your bmp use IrfanView to reduce the palette to 254 colors. (Image - Decrease Color Depth = Custom 254)
Then open the `Image - Palette - Edit Palette` dialog and double-click on #254 and then on the green button. (The correct green is three rows right ;three rows down) Click Ok.
Then double-click on #255 and click on the magenta button. (The correct magenta is last row ;one row down)
Click Ok. Click Ok on the Edit Palette dialog.
Now choose `Image - Palette - Export Palette`. Save the palette under any name you wish.

Now I usually close the RGB picture and load it again and then I choose `Image - Palette - Import Palette`. Load the Palette saved in the last step.
Save as pcx. READY !:)


It sounds long and difficult ,but takes me only 10 secs to do. So give it a try ...

would it be posible to do it on photoshop?

would it be posible to do it on photoshop?

My PhotoShop 7 does not allow me to make a 254 color Palette.:( So I guess your version can`t do it either.

oh, i spent quite a while poking around on photoshop, i'll download infran view

edit: that worked beautifly thanks

You should be able to use Photoshop for a palette. Perhaps depends on the version/year you have though. It should be under Image->Mode (this lets you select between Indexed, RGB, etc). Once you select Indexed, you can use a custom palette. Photoshop has a reversed palette view to some other programs, so the first 2 spots contain the transparent colors (Magnenta FF00FF, and Green 00FF00). Just fill the first 2 in, and that's it.

You can always access the palette through Image->Mode->Color Table. Different versions may be slightly different though.

Tom

oh, i spent quite a while poking around on photoshop, i'll download infran view

edit: that worked beautifly thanks

That`s the reason why I use IV and PS7. With IV you can make 2 - 256 color palettes with two clicks !

btw: Make sure to download IrfanView`s complete Plug-Ins Pack too !!!;)
And assign PS in IV as an external editor (somewhere in the Options Tab). So you stick both programs together !