bclee@.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) (03/02/91)
Hi, I just got a copy of the new Giffer 1.08. I like the new feature that let you create a startup screen. One problem, though. When I restarted my Mac with the newly created startup screen, the picture it showed was missing some colors. It's like a 256-color picture being converted to a 16-color one. Well, is it the program or is it my machine? I have a IIci running system 6.0.7, btw. Any suggestion welcome, thanx a bundle! G'day, ...B.o.b...
dth@shark.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower) (03/03/91)
In article <1991Mar1.233258.4641@agate.berkeley.edu> bclee@.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) writes: > > Hi, I just got a copy of the new Giffer 1.08. I like the new > feature that let you create a startup screen. One problem, > though. When I restarted my Mac with the newly created startup > screen, the picture it showed was missing some colors. It's > like a 256-color picture being converted to a 16-color one. The problem is not with your machine; the problem is the palette that the Macintosh defaults to. Apparently the CLUT (color look-up table) has a standard palette that is used unless some application defines a new palette (such as what happens when you open a GIF file). I have not been able to figure out how to change the default palette, and I'm not sure that I would want to; that might do more harm than good. To determine (in giffer) what a picture would look like using the Mac standard palette, use the command "USE DEFAULT PALETTE (Command ])" under the touchup menu when you have the picture on the screen. This will change the palette from the one currently being used to the system standard. As a side note, I have some spectacular images that I would *love* to use as a startup screen, but they look terrible under the default palette. The one I'm using now is the "don't Panic" planet from Douglas Adams; it fits my state of mind in most cases. _________________________________________________________________________ Dave Hightower | opinion? I'm allowed to have an opinion? dth@cis.ufl.edu | well, if I DID have one, it'd be mine, all mine! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAW OF COMBAT #1: Incoming fire has the right of way #2: If the enemy's in range, so are you #3: Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you #4: Never forget that you weapon is made by the lowest bidder
spencer@eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) (03/13/91)
I recently bought NOW Utilities (for Super Boomerang, which is wonderful, but that's another story). It includes an init/cdev called "DeskPicture" (apparently an upgraded of the shareware init of almost the same name). One of the options supplied by DeskPicture is to use the pallette from the picture instead of the standard system pallette. (It also will pick a random image from a folder, if you like that sort of thing.) Of course, it's probably not worth spending $79 just for this capability. =S -- =Spencer W. Thomas EECS Dept, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 spencer@eecs.umich.edu 313-936-2616 (8-6 E[SD]T M-F)