Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Xavier,

Turns out those 16 colors can be any colors as long as there is black and
white among them.

best,

Chipp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Mr X
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 11:56 AM
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: RE: Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)
>
>
> Good effort! I had that one on the list of rants!
>
> Maybe I should re-release my 15000 b/w icon postcard-ware hyperCard Icon
> Library! HyperCard only... im not messing with a chef-oeuvre from my
> HyperCard glory years!
>
> Any amateurs?
>
> BTW, what are those 16 colors in RGB?
> I'll add a free palette!
>
> Xa
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Klaus Major
> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 15:46
> > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > Subject: Re: Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)
> >
> >
> > Hi Shari:
> >
> > > My fella wouldn't let me give up last night, and he on the Windows
> > > computer and me on the Mac,
> > > spent hours trying to solve this.  He found an icon Metacard liked, I
> > > opened it with GraphicConvertor,
> > > and did nothing except change the colors.  There were 6 colors, and I
> > > simply changed black to green
> > > and grey to red, etc.  Even that failed.  The file size went from 766
> > > bytes to 1022 bytes.
> >
> > > ...
> > > It was not enough to create a 32x32 pixel image.
> > > It was not enough to limit it to 16 colors.
> >
> > Please be aware that these 16 colors have to be specific colors!
> > (Not just 16 different colors, that would be too easy...)
> >
> > They are the first 16 entries in the win system palette...
> >
> > Unfortunately these are the most ugly colors of that palette ;-)
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Klaus Major
> > k_major at os.surf2000.de
> >
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