The Dink Network

I am working on a re-imagined version of Friends Beyond 2. Release Date 2009 (finally)

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: Could you tell me how you managed to apply the Dink palette well with PS5/Win98 (that's my configuration )?

: I never managed to obtain something like "Maintain Indexes" under PSP. Each time PS actually tried to make all the existing colours of the screenshot fit with the palette (ie keeping it mainly black).

: I then assumed it was not possible...

What I did if I remember right is:

1.) Open any Dink Graphic with Photoshop (i used the splash graphic).

2.) From the Menu choose Image>Mode>Color Table

3.) Save the color table as Dink.act or something where you know where it is.

4.) Get a screenshot on the clipboard (using printscreen when playing/editing).

5.) I opened a new document 640x480 (should default to this size from the clipboard)

6.) Go to Image>Mode>Indexed Color

7.) In the dialogue box, choose Custom from the Palette pulldown menu.

8.) Find the file dink.act (or whatever you named it) and click OK

9.) Click OK in the indexed color dialogue box

10.) Paste your image.

Seems like a lot of steps, but it becomes natural very quickly. Plus, the default "custom" color table will become the dink palette so you avoid browsing for it everytime.

If I remember right, the image will appear in true dink color minus the anything that is true black. All you have to do though is fill in the true white pixels and it looks perfect. If you paste the image first, I think it will look like you said, mostly black, which is what I am getting now. I tried the above steps in about every order I could think of, but it doesn't seem to work now.