Invalid Color Depth? Topic

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01/09/2010 02:39 AM

I'm trying to import a title screen for my game in RM2k3, but every time I try, it says 'Invalid color depth'. When I try posting it onto an exported title screen, the colors get all screwed up. Can someone help?

bobthebobish

690

01/09/2010 03:22 AM

You need to use a graphics program that can change the color depth (ex 16 mil down to 256 colors) It has to be 256 colors. I use Paint Shop Pro for that but I'm sure others have free examples.

Ratty524

The 524 is for 524 Stone Crabs

12986

01/09/2010 04:25 AM

You need to change your color depth to 8bit. It's going to lower the picture quality, without a doubt, but that's what you'll have to accept.

metaridley50

41

01/09/2010 04:34 AM

The thing is it's a sprite, but I'll try. Can Microsoft Paint do the color depth?

metaridley50

41

01/09/2010 04:51 AM

Better yet, what about Photoshop?

Kaempfer

1932

01/09/2010 05:21 AM

Photoshop can change colour depth, yes. You want to police your colours; reuse the same shade instead of using nearly identical shades, for instance. In order to change your colour depth in Photoshop, do the following:

Open the image.
In the menu bar, go to
Image>Mode>Indexed Colour...

And select local (selective), which will set it to 256 automatically. Photoshop is usually fairly good at selecting colours to minimize quality loss. After that, simply select Save As... and save it as a .png. .pngs are smaller but function identically to .bmps (outside of paint). If you edit a .png, it'll automatically revert to 24-bit colour though, so watch out.

WolfCoder

3554

01/09/2010 08:14 AM

I can't think of any reason MS Paint should ever be used. I mean, there's at least the GIMP. There's also Paint.NET

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