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From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Digitised pics
Message-ID: <1991Feb10.080526.7091@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 91 08:05:26 GMT
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In article <485@generic.UUCP> taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes:
>From: swiers@plains.NoDak.edu (Mike Swiers )
>
>> Anyway, I was playing with AWGS a minute ago, and it was tolerably fast
>> (TWGS, DMA SCSI, 4M RAM) but the Alliason (sp) demo pics I have don't
>> come out very good (bad pallette).  What can I do to preserve the
>> original pallette?
>
>    In a couple of words:  you can't.  AWGS must use 640-mode graphics, and
>320-mode pictures (which is what I assume the Allison pictures are in) don't
>look very nice at all when converted to 640-mode.  There aren't nearly enough
>colours, and AWGS doesn't do multiple palettes.

	I don't know if that is true.  If AWGS can retain the palette,
then there is definitely a way to convert to 640.  There was a utility
by Virtual Realities, that converted 320 to 640...  You can also do it
manually.  First go to something like PWGold, load in the picture, go
to 640, create a greyscale palette, (use black, white, and some greys
for the 6 colors), write down the intensities (darkest to brightes),
go to 320 mode, and use the Sort Palettes option, and organize the
palette by color number... so if color 3 is has the darkest intensity,
set color 3 to the end...  when you go back to 640, the picture will
look okay...



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