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Is there a way or program to find the color settings for a picture? If so,
how can it be changed?

I'm trying to import a picture into a program and it requires the pic to be
640x480 (which it is) and 16/256 color. It reads the picture fine and knows
that the pic is the correct size but says that the color is 24bit<<<-----
therefore not accepting it because of this.

Any help would greatly be appreciated. If this is not the correct forum to
post this question, please direct me to the right one. Thanks.

newtechie
 
Newtechie said:
Is there a way or program to find the color settings for a picture? If so,
how can it be changed?

I'm trying to import a picture into a program and it requires the pic to be
640x480 (which it is) and 16/256 color. It reads the picture fine and knows
that the pic is the correct size but says that the color is 24bit<<<-----
therefore not accepting it because of this.

Any help would greatly be appreciated. If this is not the correct forum to
post this question, please direct me to the right one. Thanks.

newtechie
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MSPaint is extremely primitive. I think the only way you can achieve
this is to first save the file as a GIF (to get it to 256 color) and
then back to your preferred format.

The free Paint.NET http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ or IrfanView
programs will give you more control over these parameters.
 
Mike Williams said:
MSPaint is extremely primitive. I think the only way you can achieve
this is to first save the file as a GIF (to get it to 256 color) and
then back to your preferred format.

The free Paint.NET http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ or IrfanView
programs will give you more control over these parameters.
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Hi Mike,

I do have paint.net and I'll try your suggestion. Thanks! I will post back
results.

newtechie
 
Mike,

It did not work :-( I saved the pic as a gif first, then "save as" a bmp
and still nothing.

newtechie
 
Open the image in Paint. Then File - > Save as.... -> Save as Type: 256 color bitmap
 
Thank Keith, I'll give that a try.

Keith Miller MVP said:
Open the image in Paint. Then File - > Save as.... -> Save as Type: 256
color bitmap

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Newtechie said:
Is there a way or program to find the color settings for a picture? If
so,
how can it be changed?

I'm trying to import a picture into a program and it requires the pic to
be
640x480 (which it is) and 16/256 color. It reads the picture fine and
knows
that the pic is the correct size but says that the color is 24bit<<<-----
therefore not accepting it because of this.

Any help would greatly be appreciated. If this is not the correct forum
to
post this question, please direct me to the right one. Thanks.

newtechie
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please help me i want to copy a pic in my paint i paste it there and use the
crop tool i only want the pic and not the backround i can only close up to
the blue arrow i need to close all the backround i just want my image only?
 
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