When I Make my Skin ITS DISCOLORED

curtis1455 · 20th June 2001, 03:16

I tried downloading a different Paint Program than windows bitmap....but its still fucked up when i try to edit the base skin...it doesnt color it right...like if i click on green it makes it a different color
i tried it on both windows Paint and PAINTSHOP Pro

why does it do this? and what am i doin wrong? is there something wrong with the WINAMP base skin

Leonardo C. Alves · 20th June 2001, 05:48

I don't know exactly why it happens, but I know how to help on this. Try to simply open the file you'll work, copy the picture (just select "copy")and save as a new file (just change the name or the folder).It'll resolve.

Mr Jones · 20th June 2001, 07:50

It is possiable that you are trying to paint over the base skin using a limited colour pallete.

From memory I think the base skin is defined as a 256 colour pallete as opposed to a 16 million colour pallete.

Soooo, if you have the base skin open and you are trying to paste on 16 million colour images onto it, the paint package you are using, and this goes all the way down to MSpaint as well, will reduce the colours of whatever you are pasting in down to the nearest match, thus giving you screwed up looking colour.

When you have the base skin open, try increasing the colour depth on the acctual bitmaps, most paint packages will allow you to increase or decrease colour depth.

For example I have an image open in paintshop pro now, set at 24bit, 16 million colours, I can reduce the colour depth on this to...

64,000 24bit
32,000 24bit
256 8bit
16 4bit
2 1bit

On the flip side of the coin I can also open a 256 colour image, which I suspect your base skin is, possiably even less, and increase the colour depth all the way up.

Basically the higher the colour depth, the greater the colour pallete you will have available to you. Downside of this, the bigger your colour pallete, the bigger your final images will be, file size . However once you have finished whatever it is you are doing , you could reduce the pallete down to 256 , using a "best colour match" style of logic.

It might also help us to help you if you can tell us what program you downloaded, every paint package has a differnt method of colour reduction/increase.

Oh and don't repeat post, you've asked this question once already in another thread

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20th June 2001, 03:16	#1
curtis1455 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 5	I tried downloading a different Paint Program than windows bitmap....but its still fucked up when i try to edit the base skin...it doesnt color it right...like if i click on green it makes it a different color i tried it on both windows Paint and PAINTSHOP Pro why does it do this? and what am i doin wrong? is there something wrong with the WINAMP base skin

20th June 2001, 05:48	#2
Leonardo C. Alves Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 12	I don't know exactly why it happens, but I know how to help on this. Try to simply open the file you'll work, copy the picture (just select "copy")and save as a new file (just change the name or the folder).It'll resolve.

20th June 2001, 07:50	#3
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	It is possiable that you are trying to paint over the base skin using a limited colour pallete. From memory I think the base skin is defined as a 256 colour pallete as opposed to a 16 million colour pallete. Soooo, if you have the base skin open and you are trying to paste on 16 million colour images onto it, the paint package you are using, and this goes all the way down to MSpaint as well, will reduce the colours of whatever you are pasting in down to the nearest match, thus giving you screwed up looking colour. When you have the base skin open, try increasing the colour depth on the acctual bitmaps, most paint packages will allow you to increase or decrease colour depth. For example I have an image open in paintshop pro now, set at 24bit, 16 million colours, I can reduce the colour depth on this to... 64,000 24bit 32,000 24bit 256 8bit 16 4bit 2 1bit On the flip side of the coin I can also open a 256 colour image, which I suspect your base skin is, possiably even less, and increase the colour depth all the way up. Basically the higher the colour depth, the greater the colour pallete you will have available to you. Downside of this, the bigger your colour pallete, the bigger your final images will be, file size . However once you have finished whatever it is you are doing , you could reduce the pallete down to 256 , using a "best colour match" style of logic. It might also help us to help you if you can tell us what program you downloaded, every paint package has a differnt method of colour reduction/increase. Oh and don't repeat post, you've asked this question once already in another thread