[comp.windows.ms] Convert B&W Paintbrush image to color?

wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) (12/19/90)

    OK, here's a question from a novice who just started using Windows 3.0.

    I had a 256-color GIF file that I converted to a dithered B&W image
    using the Graphics Workshop.  Again using GWS, I converted the dithered
    image to a monochrome BMP file.  When I open this BMP file from within
    Paintbrush, the color palette across the bottom of the screen turns into
    a selection of B&W patterns.  The color editor also comes up in B&W.

    Is there any way I can edit color into this B&W image?  I tried setting
    the color menu option and reloading the file, but again I got the B&W
    patterns instead of a color palette.  I also converted the BMP image to
    a PCX file, but got the same result.

    Thanks.   -- Keith

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callisto@blake.u.washington.edu (Finn) (12/20/90)

In article <1990Dec19.033034.8818@cbnews.att.com> wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) writes:
>
>    Is there any way I can edit color into this B&W image?  I tried setting
>    the color menu option and reloading the file, but again I got the B&W
>    patterns instead of a color palette.  I also converted the BMP image to
>    a PCX file, but got the same result.
>
 You want to click Options, Image Attributes, Color on, 
 File New
 (You should now have a blank image above a color palette)
 Edit Paste from  (then select the B&W image)
 (You should now have the B&W image on your screen above the color palette)

 While we are on the topic of mixing B&W and color, try pasting the B&W
 dithered image over the top of the color image you started with. 
 Assuming you didn't change the size when you dithered, you get the most
 interesting looking results...