I haven't found an adequate tool that handles the 2bpp bitmaps.  In all
honesty, trusting a program to get the color conversion "right" is a pretty
big assumption.  I end up spending a lot of time crafting my bitmaps for
the different resolutions using Paint Shop Pro 7.  To get the colors right,
what I did was create a small bitmap in Constructor at each of the 4bpp and
2bpp resolutions (one that has filled regions with all the greys), cut them
from Constructor, pasted them to Paint Shop Pro, and exported the pallets.
I import the pallets when I'm working on a bitmap for that resolution.  I
do my bitmaps in Paint Shop Pro and do the old cut-and-paste back to
Constructor when I'm done.


Subject: Re: Howto convert Windows true color bitmaps to .2bpp/.4bpp
From: Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:07:39 -0800 (PST)
X-Message-Number: 47

--- George Aslanis wrote:
> You have not explained how to change the color depths in
> MSPaint. Obviously converting from Black&White to color
> is available in the Attributes panel, but I have found
> no options for changing the color depths.  I'm using
> Win2K MSPaint ver5.  Are you using a later version?  Or
> a panel that I can't see?

File | Save As... then select "16 Color bitmap", "256 Color bitmap", or
"24-bit bitmap" in the "Save as type:" drop down.




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