help!!.. i cant change the colors!!!!

DiGiTAL_GodZ · 21st January 2002, 07:40

i am in process of making a winamp skin
and i have used mostly blue for the main, playlist and so on..

the problem is that sometimes i open other bitmap images to edit them for example eq_ex.bmp and monoster.bmp and i can select blue. it just goes a light shade of grey. as if the only colors that can be used are white and black
and any shades in between.. monoster for example also lets me use the color green.. i presume because there is already green in the original bitmap.

if you know what the preoblem is and know how to change this
plz HELP!!!!!

thanks

Mr Jones · 21st January 2002, 07:47

The template you have is using a reduced colour pallete, try increasing the colour depth to something like 16 million colours, I'm guessing that at the momment you are on something like a 16 colour pallete.

You can do this quite easily in PSP or Photoshop, which one are you using?

If it's PSP then Colours > Increase Colour Depth > 16 million colours

I would imagine it's something similar in Photoshop.

Failing that, get yourself a proper 24bit template to work with.
http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.j...ponentId=71571

DiGiTAL_GodZ · 21st January 2002, 07:50

i am using MS paint

do you have anyway to do it in there?

Mr Jones · 21st January 2002, 08:02

I'm not 100% sure you can in MSPaint, try using that template amp I've linke you , all the bitmaps in there are 24bit to start with.

Cleanup · 23rd January 2002, 23:51

I made my frist Winamp Skin in MS Paint. Each .bmp file has been either reindexed or as Mr. Jones said, made with a reduced colour pallette. To fix that, change the colours or simply resize the picture, copy the entire image, create a new file and paste. Then reduce the picture to the correct size. The colour pallette will have changed back to its default.

21st January 2002, 07:40	#1
DiGiTAL_GodZ Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4	help!!.. i cant change the colors!!!! i am in process of making a winamp skin and i have used mostly blue for the main, playlist and so on.. the problem is that sometimes i open other bitmap images to edit them for example eq_ex.bmp and monoster.bmp and i can select blue. it just goes a light shade of grey. as if the only colors that can be used are white and black and any shades in between.. monoster for example also lets me use the color green.. i presume because there is already green in the original bitmap. if you know what the preoblem is and know how to change this plz HELP!!!!! thanks

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21st January 2002, 07:47	#2
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	The template you have is using a reduced colour pallete, try increasing the colour depth to something like 16 million colours, I'm guessing that at the momment you are on something like a 16 colour pallete. You can do this quite easily in PSP or Photoshop, which one are you using? If it's PSP then Colours > Increase Colour Depth > 16 million colours I would imagine it's something similar in Photoshop. Failing that, get yourself a proper 24bit template to work with. http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.j...ponentId=71571

21st January 2002, 07:50	#3
DiGiTAL_GodZ Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4	i am using MS paint do you have anyway to do it in there?

21st January 2002, 08:02	#4
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	I'm not 100% sure you can in MSPaint, try using that template amp I've linke you , all the bitmaps in there are 24bit to start with.

23rd January 2002, 23:51	#5
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	I made my frist Winamp Skin in MS Paint. Each .bmp file has been either reindexed or as Mr. Jones said, made with a reduced colour pallette. To fix that, change the colours or simply resize the picture, copy the entire image, create a new file and paste. Then reduce the picture to the correct size. The colour pallette will have changed back to its default.