Custom .pal files

Tutorial for Red Alert 2 RA2

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Allied General

Category: Graphics
Level: Beginner
Created: Wednesday July 29, 2009 - 6:25
Updated: Sunday October 11, 2009 - 8:36
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Summary: Making custom .pal files without the need for costly graphcs programs.
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I don't have any fancy graphic programmes so this is how I made customised palettes for my load screens.

Step 1

Create image which you want an .pal for and save in PNG

Step 2

Download and install IrfanView.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Step 3

Open up your image with IrfanView select Image from the task bar and decrease color depth to 256 8BPP
Save image


User image

User image

Step 4

Open XCC Mixer, select PNG image and copy as .pal, conversion should be sucessful.

User image

Finally to use the pal, place it in an expand.mix then when you go to view palet, it should appear in the long list.

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