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Imatron · 12-03-2007

Hey everyone, Im about to finaly figure out these dern themes, but I cant get the PNG file for my image into 32 bit color with paint or paint shop pro x. Can anyone tell me how to save the file in that format ( PNG at 32 bit color )?

sucho · 12-03-2007

Try saving it as TGA instead of PNG, sony used TGA as the default format for the default themes, it'll work! (use gimp, its way easier than PntShpPro)

Imatron · 12-04-2007

I switched it to TGA, it still wont take it, and when it rejects it I get a message to use TGA/PNG/or one other thingy, and to make it 64 x 48, as well as to make it the correct color index. If Ive got the first two perameters correct then I gues either its the color index or some other thing Im not aware of? I do have a transparent background on the icon so the box doesnt apear around it, could that be causing it some trouble?

SirStinkE1 · 12-04-2007

Open the png with ms paint then save it as an 8bit there.

Imatron · 12-05-2007

How do I save it as the 8 bit index whilke keeping it as a file that the program will accept? If I save it as 32 color bitmap, bitmap being the only 32 bit/8 bit index file, it will turn into another file and wont be accepted anyway. Plus for some reason the icon for the file looks normal when I select it in paint's open browser, but paint screws up the colors as I open it and the colors turn to mostly black or dark shaded colors.

SirStinkE1 · 12-05-2007

Yeah, 8 bit looses the amount of colors you can have in an image. Generally the smaller the bit, the less quality it is.

sucho · 12-05-2007

in PSP, go to colours then decrease the colours there

eniarol · 05-24-2008

here use this^^ its a great tool:

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

hope it helps^^

joas · 06-30-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by eniarol

here use this^^ its a great tool:

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

hope it helps^^

eniarol, can you please reupload it. i need to do that same thing too where you have to use ms paint to change the image into a 256 colour bitmap, but i dont have ms paint. i think it got deleted.

eniarol · 07-02-2008

here you go^^ sorry for the late reply^^

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

the pics have to be in png format to use this tool^^

12-03-2007	#1 (permalink)
Imatron GamingCrazy Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 155	Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? Hey everyone, Im about to finaly figure out these dern themes, but I cant get the PNG file for my image into 32 bit color with paint or paint shop pro x. Can anyone tell me how to save the file in that format ( PNG at 32 bit color )?

12-03-2007	#2 (permalink)
sucho GamingCrazy Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North East Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,090	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? Try saving it as TGA instead of PNG, sony used TGA as the default format for the default themes, it'll work! (use gimp, its way easier than PntShpPro) __________________ ROHAN SUCHO I am Sucho, a very long, well known member of game tagg forums, i go all the way back to january 2007, the date i joined pspcrazy (what it was back then) when i got my psp, and now ive come all the way to now, im at the end, i have found better stuff to do in life, but i will pop on and off sometimes to post interesting stuff and to read about the goings on.

12-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
Imatron GamingCrazy Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 155	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? I switched it to TGA, it still wont take it, and when it rejects it I get a message to use TGA/PNG/or one other thingy, and to make it 64 x 48, as well as to make it the correct color index. If Ive got the first two perameters correct then I gues either its the color index or some other thing Im not aware of? I do have a transparent background on the icon so the box doesnt apear around it, could that be causing it some trouble?

12-04-2007	#4 (permalink)
SirStinkE1 GamingCrazy Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? Open the png with ms paint then save it as an 8bit there.

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Imatron GamingCrazy Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 155	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? How do I save it as the 8 bit index whilke keeping it as a file that the program will accept? If I save it as 32 color bitmap, bitmap being the only 32 bit/8 bit index file, it will turn into another file and wont be accepted anyway. Plus for some reason the icon for the file looks normal when I select it in paint's open browser, but paint screws up the colors as I open it and the colors turn to mostly black or dark shaded colors.

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12-05-2007	#6 (permalink)
SirStinkE1 GamingCrazy Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? Yeah, 8 bit looses the amount of colors you can have in an image. Generally the smaller the bit, the less quality it is.

12-05-2007	#7 (permalink)
sucho GamingCrazy Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North East Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,090	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? in PSP, go to colours then decrease the colours there

05-24-2008	#8 (permalink)
eniarol GamingCrazy Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 9	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? here use this^^ its a great tool: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] hope it helps^^

07-02-2008	#10 (permalink)
eniarol GamingCrazy Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 9	Re: Convert PNG image to 8 bit index (32 bit) color? here you go^^ sorry for the late reply^^ [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] the pics have to be in png format to use this tool^^

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