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/* My question will be changed somewhat. I am creating an animation which should be able to run in Windows 3.1X using the standard "VGA" driver which comes with Windows and is usually installed as a default when Windows is installed. I believe that this "VGA" driver is only 16 colors. So, is there some way I can import this Windows VGA color palette into, say, Animator Pro, and then take a 256 color .FLC and convert it to use the 16 color palette? */ Sure. Depending on the Windows driver you're working towards, it is possible to shrink the palette down to 236 (leaving the first 10 and last 10 registers blank), 64, or 16 (understanding that the flic color degredation follows). If you capture a Windows screen (PrntScrn) to a BMP and import it into ANI, take a look at the pallet and you'll see how many colors are being used to be sure. /* Or, is it possible to render in 3D Studio to the 16 color palette that comes with Windows? */ 3DS can use a custom palette created in ANI (which controls how many colors are reserved for Windows), or you can be specific by setting the parameters file FLIC-COLORS variable to 236, 64 or 16. -dave