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Workbench backgrounds - some questions
« on: December 20, 2011, 11:01:54 PM »
So, as I'm settling in with an AGA machine, I'd like to get my own desktop background to replace the ClassicWB defaults. But I'm not 100% clear on how to go about this. For starters, I'm running Workbench in 16-color mode, but as the palette editor and the default widgets only edit 8 colors, I'm wondering if the background doesn't just use the spare 8 colors, especially as the current one doesn't seem to be affected by my palette-tweaking. Is this the standard approach? Is it possible for it to use both the eight system colors and another eight custom ones?

Also, what about image formats? I believe Photoshop can export to IFF, I presume that should work?
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Re: Workbench backgrounds - some questions
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 12:15:45 AM »
I'm using ClassicWB Full, which is 3.1-based.
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Re: Workbench backgrounds - some questions
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 07:37:05 AM »
Hmm. Well, I'm not too worried about EHB or fancy mode-twiddling, I just want to put together some Workbench backgrounds. I'll stick with Photoshop for convenience's sake unless it has trouble with the format, I think.
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