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From: elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: GIF -> StartupScreen follow up
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.182933.6447@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 18:29:33 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.050522.2469@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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In <1991Jun12.050522.2469@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Norton Chia writes:
>Bad news:  Choosing the PICT's colour table will mean you may lose your
>           nice colour icons. (No way!)
>      or   Preserving colour icons may mean a not very good colour picture.

One alternative might be to dither the PICT into the standard System
Palette using a program such as Adobe's amazing Photoshop. The image
will look a little bit grainier, but at least the colors will be
closer.
--
Jim Elliott		      "Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall"
elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu