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k_rock923 · 20th September 2003, 03:46

i seem to be having a large problem with MS paint lately. If i put a color down it comes on the canvas a different color. For example, when i select yellow, it comes out orange or sumthing weird. also, when i save something, these messed up colors get saved with it. Furthermore, if i copy something from mspaint or into mspaint, these weird colors go with it. me needs help. I miss my trusty paint program

xenosomething · 20th September 2003, 04:02

i remember this happen to me a few years back....i dont remember exactly what i did to fix it...did you remember to save in 24-bit?

StillWater · 20th September 2003, 04:11

Looks like you're in luck: your mspaint is screwed and you'll have to get a real paint program

MSpaint is crap. Obviously, its features are very limited, but it's also missing a whole lot of ease-of-use features that come standard in most other paint programs. Get yourself one of them. It doesn't have to be one of the giants like Photoshop - most freeware paint programs are better than mspaint. If I were you, I'd burn mspaint onto a CD, delete it off my hard drive, and then flush the CD down the toilet.

dlinkwit27 · 20th September 2003, 12:39

a)go to image>>attributes>>and make sure "colors" is checked, not "black and white"

b)Try using another program to save an image with the correct colours, and then try opening it in paint and see what that does.

k_rock923 · 20th September 2003, 13:23

it seems to depend on what program i save it in. if i save it in Gimp, it works fine. but if i save it in either paint or this thing called microsoft image composer, it saves all weird. like for that red skin i just did, i changed the colors in gimp and copied it into paint. not sure why i did that but i did. when i copied it in, it turned yellow. weird

[EDIT] like magic it seems to be working again [/EDIT]

Cleanup · 20th September 2003, 14:02

It's because the colour pallette has changed. Notice, that if you take the Winamp 2 base skin files from the Nullsoft Development Centre, and open them in Paint, then try to paint on them, the colours are fucktarded. The .bmps that the base-skin contain are in a shitty colour pallette.

k_rock923 · 20th September 2003, 14:06

yea. thats exactly what i did. thanx.

20th September 2003, 03:46	#1
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,787	oh no! i seem to be having a large problem with MS paint lately. If i put a color down it comes on the canvas a different color. For example, when i select yellow, it comes out orange or sumthing weird. also, when i save something, these messed up colors get saved with it. Furthermore, if i copy something from mspaint or into mspaint, these weird colors go with it. me needs help. I miss my trusty paint program Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

20th September 2003, 04:11	#3
StillWater Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nov 1978 Posts: 3,880	Looks like you're in luck: your mspaint is screwed and you'll have to get a real paint program MSpaint is crap. Obviously, its features are very limited, but it's also missing a whole lot of ease-of-use features that come standard in most other paint programs. Get yourself one of them. It doesn't have to be one of the giants like Photoshop - most freeware paint programs are better than mspaint. If I were you, I'd burn mspaint onto a CD, delete it off my hard drive, and then flush the CD down the toilet. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. All my skins: @ winamp.com @ 1K1WS @ Deviantart.com My latest Flash Project: BreathingEarth.net

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dlinkwit27 has no CT (Forum King) Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 13,232	a)go to image>>attributes>>and make sure "colors" is checked, not "black and white" b)Try using another program to save an image with the correct colours, and then try opening it in paint and see what that does. ::Deviant Me::Last.fm::WhatPulse Stats::Folding @ Home

20th September 2003, 13:23	#5
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,787	it seems to depend on what program i save it in. if i save it in Gimp, it works fine. but if i save it in either paint or this thing called microsoft image composer, it saves all weird. like for that red skin i just did, i changed the colors in gimp and copied it into paint. not sure why i did that but i did. when i copied it in, it turned yellow. weird [EDIT] like magic it seems to be working again [/EDIT] Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

20th September 2003, 14:02	#6
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	It's because the colour pallette has changed. Notice, that if you take the Winamp 2 base skin files from the Nullsoft Development Centre, and open them in Paint, then try to paint on them, the colours are fucktarded. The .bmps that the base-skin contain are in a shitty colour pallette. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

20th September 2003, 04:02	#2
xenosomething Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: ? Posts: 1,473	i remember this happen to me a few years back....i dont remember exactly what i did to fix it...did you remember to save in 24-bit?

20th September 2003, 14:06	#7
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,787	yea. thats exactly what i did. thanx. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

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