Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: burrowinggerbil@hotmail.com (Barry Stuart Swan) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics Subject: Re: Programs that save a 2d picture as 16-bit (65536 colors) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 23:04:48 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3575d556.2913267@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <01bd8da0$df2883a0$483d7bd1@skynet> <35732BBB.BEDAFE6@netmagic.net> <35755BDD.5E674593@ndirect.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-eng09-209.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 On Wed, 03 Jun 1998 15:21:17 +0000, Alex Herbert wrote: > > >Elliott Lee wrote: > >> Photoshop might. If it does, it would be under the Mode->Indexed Color >> menu. You're better off just sticking with your 24- or 32-bit gfx >> and using TIMUtil to convert them to 16-bit. >> > >I don't have Photoshop 5 yet, but Photoshop 4 doesn't save 16-bit. 24-bit >or 256 colours or less. >I personally would like a package which can be restricted to 15-bit for >drawing, filters and selecting colours. Does anyone know of anything? Or >am I going to have to write a graphics package that runs on the Yaroze? - >It would be nice wouldn't it? > >Herbs > Photoshop can save in 258 colours (8 bit) and any bit depth down to 1. Most useful are (obviously!) 8 bit and 8 bit modes, although I am less than happy about how Photoshop chooses the colours. Try doing a smooth gradient in RGB then converting to 8 bit and the palette usually consists of about 32 colours and results in banding. Anyway, these options are found in IMAGE/MODE/INDEXED COLOUR, and from there choose your bit depth. If it says exact mode and you need to force the bit depth, change the palette type to ADAPTIVE. There ya go. BTW just checked and Paint Shop Pro 4 (downloadable from just about any decent software site and available on millions of cover disks every month) does nicer colour compression and also supports 16 and 15 bit colour modes, although it's rubbish for actually creating graphics. I create in photoshop or truespace v3.2 (It automatically can export as RSD *phew*) then convert in Paint Shop Pro then TIM it. Barry