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Offline motorollin

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Re: Simple desktop backgrounds
« on: February 26, 2006, 12:16:13 PM »
I don't know where you could find one in 32 colours at that resolution, but you could scale a larger picture down and reduce its colour depth.

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Re: Simple desktop backgrounds
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2006, 02:40:51 PM »
Not necessarily.

Although a picture's colour depth may be 16 or 24 bit, the chances are it isn't actually using all the colours available in that colour depth. If it is, then many of the colours may be duplicated, or so similar that you wouldn't notice if they were adjusted to the same position in the palette.

If you use a decent paint package (I use Photoshop) then it will look at what colours are actually used, and then decide how best to reduce the colour depth.

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: Simple desktop backgrounds
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2006, 03:36:54 PM »
Seems a shame to dither nice Yorkshire landscapes to 32 colours though! Can't you run in a few more colours?

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: Simple desktop backgrounds
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2006, 03:58:45 PM »
True, that is a problem with AGA Workbenches. Makes me glad to have my Voodoo so I don't have to worry about it  :-D

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10