Originally posted by kanttori
Hello!
I am beginner for skin editing and now I have problem when I convert 24-bit skins back to 256-colours:
I use Irfan View to change the skin file first from 256 colours to 24 bit bmp. All works good, but when I change it after editing back to 256 colours, there are coming dots and spots to my new skins. Dots size are 1 pixel and they look BIG on the skin.
I understand that when I convert back to 256 colour it can't show all the colours from 24 bit bmp. What can i do to eliminate the dots with my Photoshop LE (Limited Edition, cannot convert between different bmp file sizes) and Irfan View or other programs?
What is the best tool to make those patch conversions?
First off you don't need to use irfan to change from a 256 colour to a 24 bit. You can do this using paint.
Second.. Once you done all the painting on your skin and save it ( still as 24 bit ), and then open it with irfan decrease the colour to 256 do you then
save........ and exit or
save as........(file name) then exit.
I been finding that , save as........(file name) then exit, works better even though the file name that you open is still the file name you want to save.
Meaning, eg. I open Pokie.bmp ( which is 24 bit ) with irfan, decrease to 256 colour and then save as ( box pops up ) I type in Pokie.bmp
If you want you could post the 24 bit skin before and the 256 colour skin after for us to see what is wrong.
Pokie
