CompuServe Thread

Steven, I am not sure from your message what you are using to create animations. Is it 3D Studio? If so, the "super palette" you are refering to is called a Custom Palette. You can create a cusom palette that meets your needs in Windows (i.e. 236 colors with the first and last ten unused) and use that palette to render your FLC file from 3D Studio. Your 3DS Flic will use only that custom palette you specify. <<How does Animator Studio stack up? Can I reasonably execpt Animator to cure my pallet woes.>> Not for FLC files. Animator Studio uses AVI files primarily. It will read in a FLC file and convert it to an AVI for you. You could then use the AVI files in your presenations, which don't have this palette problem, so I guess the answer is yes, although not how you originally intended. -Brian

You should use Animator Pro for this. Join all your flics in Ani pro and use the one palette option. This will make a master palette for you. also, you can build a master palette yourself and do a re-map with the fit option set to on. I hope this option has not been removed in "Anim Studio" as it works well. Brandon MacDougall

Steven: >> I understand there are software solutions available that will create a "Super Pallet" of 256 colors based on those most frequently used and color fix the rest. I would prefer a Windows-based solution. << We do a lot of work in Authorware; I have the following suggestions: 1) Use the default Windows 256-color palette, if possible: it's an incredibly well-heeled palette, and is appropriate for most any purpose. 2) Use Photoshop to generate custom palettes: create a big RGB image and place representative images from your different objects into it. Convert to indexed color, and save that palette. (You'll have to run the results, such a GIF file, through Animator Pro to save the palette for optimization in 3D Studio renderings.) Martin