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From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: color startup and backdrop screens for MacII
Message-ID: <8YUldUy00WB8I1p6U1@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 30 May 89 22:49:04 GMT
Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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If you want to display a 256 color picture as a desktop picture, there is a
simple patch you can perform to the RestoreCLUT INIT that I believe comes with
DeskPict.
First you must have the DA called Klutz, or a similar program, that will save
the CLUT of any picture into a file as a CLUT resource.  From there, you can
use ResEdit to replace the CLUT in the RestoreCLUT INIT with your picture CLUT.
Then everytime you restart your system, the INIT will replace the system CLUT
with your picture's.

But, there are some programs that will call a special CLUT and that will screw
up your picture.  Still, this is the best solution I have found.

Len Schultz