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From: s902114@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Zen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 256 Color BMP to 16 Color BMP
Keywords: BMP
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.135227.14406@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 27 Mar 91 13:52:27 GMT
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Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
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jps@uh.msc.umn.edu (Jeff P. Sorvik) writes:

:-)Sorry if this has already been covered.  But, most of the BMP files I
:-)have seen are 640x480x256 color.  When I display them in 640x480x16
:-)color, they are, of course, mostly grey.  Is there some utility that
:-)will take a best shot effort at converting 256 color BMP into 16 color
:-)BMP files.

:-)BTW, I did try to read them into paint and then save them as 16 color
:-)files, but that does not help.

:-)Thanks in advance for any advice.

WinGIF will let you do this. It is available from cica like everything else
mentioned in this group. Simply load up the grey-looking bmp, and then use 
the VGA 16 dither option.

Another program which might do thie trick is Paint Shop (ps.zip) which
is designed to convert between formats. I have not used it, but it might
do the trick too.
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