Does it matter?

Wildfire · 5th April 2001, 09:16

Does it matter if the skin is in 24-bit bmp or 256 colour bmp? As the base skin and everything is 256 but I have created a skin im close to publishing and it is 24-bit bmp. If seen a 24-bit bmp pasted into a 256 document and its all crap (black and white), im just wondering if this will happen if anyone else has although it is okay on my computer.

Lion King · 5th April 2001, 13:19

no. everyone will see a 24 bit skin

for advanced users:
the filesize of 24 bit bmps is big (they take more ram), if you have a good image editing program like paintshop pro you can decrease the colourdepth of the bmps
the program will use the nearest colours, not the windows default colour palette (what happens if you cut and paste it) so that the skin will still look good

Princess Dagger · 5th April 2001, 20:33

Yeah, I always wondered why it did that... As soon as I added a picture as a layer, it would look all sucky. Oddly enough, it only did that on the base skin... I got some other guy to send me his template, and it worked from then on.

...if anyone cares...

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5th April 2001, 09:16	#1
Wildfire Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 46	Does it matter if the skin is in 24-bit bmp or 256 colour bmp? As the base skin and everything is 256 but I have created a skin im close to publishing and it is 24-bit bmp. If seen a 24-bit bmp pasted into a 256 document and its all crap (black and white), im just wondering if this will happen if anyone else has although it is okay on my computer.

5th April 2001, 13:19	#2
Lion King Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,668	no. everyone will see a 24 bit skin for advanced users: the filesize of 24 bit bmps is big (they take more ram), if you have a good image editing program like paintshop pro you can decrease the colourdepth of the bmps the program will use the nearest colours, not the windows default colour palette (what happens if you cut and paste it) so that the skin will still look good

5th April 2001, 20:33	#3
Princess Dagger Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 147	Yeah, I always wondered why it did that... As soon as I added a picture as a layer, it would look all sucky. Oddly enough, it only did that on the base skin... I got some other guy to send me his template, and it worked from then on. ...if anyone cares...