Creating a Bootskin

I'm getting inverted colors

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This is a great program. But when I try to create my own Bootskins, using Photoshop Elements 2.0 I have a problem with color inversion. The bootskin preview looks fine, but the actual bootskin looks like a color negative. I thought maybe it was just me, but I downloaded a bootskin that did the same thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Citizen Actmeister
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bootskins must be 4 bit colour....that's 16 colours....only.

The bootskin 'image' and the progress bar image MUST have the same palette.

You can use ANY 16 colours....but if you have a different palette in each it will [usually] appear 'negative' or colour-shifted/screwy.

Again...

The MUST be the same palette.

And....don't forget....

The palettes must be the same...

Jafo gets rich...because he [should] gets $1 for every time this is mentioned.....[if only]....

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo gets rich...because he [should] gets $1 for every time this is mentioned.....[if only].


Jafo; but if it is you that mentions this more than the rest of us how can your right hand paying your left hand make you any richer.?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Nah...it's every time it 'needs' to be repeated.

So often confusion arises as to what 16 colours is....[it's not 16 bit]

or...

What exactly a 'palette' is, and why they need to be the same in both images...

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's great! thanks for the tip. It raises a new question though. Am I out of the woods if I don't use a progress bar?

Thanks Again,

Citizen Actmeister