PAINT SHOP PRO WEB TIP " 46656 WEB SAFE COLORS!"

For Those Of You Concerned About Cross-Platform Compatibility


 
     Start with any size graphic in 16 million colors. Goto "Colors">"Load Palette" and load the Netscape palette. Click on the "Color Swatch". This will bring up the palette. Open another instance of Paint Shop, ease up to "Capture">"Setup" set it to "Capture"= "Object","Activate Capture Using"= "Right Click", "Delay"= "0 sec" no "Options". Click "Capture Now". Get over the palette and right-click then left-click. Close the first copy of Paint Shop.

 
     Open a new image in 16 million colors, 2 pixels by 2 pixels. Zoom in to the max. Using the "Dropper" tool, choose a foreground color from the image of the Netscape palette by left-clicking. Then choose a background color by right-clicking on another color. Click on the "Paint Brush", "Brush Type"= Normal, "Size"= 1, "Shape"= Round, "Paper Texture"= None. Now paint the 4 pixels in the two colors like the pattern shown. Left-clicking for the foreground color, right-clicking for the background color.

 
     To use your new color, click on the "Flood Fill" tool, "Match Mode"= RGB Value, "Tolerance"= (depends), "Fill Style"= Pattern, "Options" set to "New Pattern Source"= the 2x2 image. Paint your image or selection. You now have a "Hybrid Color" that won't be "Dithered" on 8-bit machines.

 
     This is what a similar graphic, done in an "un-safe" color, might look like to someone with an 8-bit machine. This tip could be helpful to CD designers and Interface designers too.