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From: am42+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alexander Paul Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: vga palette (24bit->8bit)
Message-ID: <EbdX5zu00UhW84oFEm@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 02:37:51 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I have some 24-bit images that I'd like to display on a 256 color vga
adapter.  But I can't seem to translate the appropriate colors.  First
of all, the vga palette is on 18 bits, so color resolution is already
lost there.  But if all I were doing was going from 24-bit to 18-bit
rgb, it would not really be a problem.  But going to 256 colors (8-bit),
I don't know which of the 18-bit palette to place into the 256 color
positions.  Has anyone done any work with this?  Does anyone have any
idea on how to get a good palette from this?  Thanks in advance for any
help.

    Alexander Morris                  "People die, things change...
    Carnegie Mellon                             It's sad."