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- PALEDIT - A Simple VGA 256 Color Palette Editor
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- PALEDIT is distributed with MODEXnnn.ZIP, the general purpose MODE X
- Library for VGA Graphics.
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- WHAT YOU NEED TO RUN PALEDIT:
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- * A Vga Monitor
- * A Microsoft Compatible Mouse
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- A Mouse is most definitely required, as the keyboard is used for
- nothing except entering file names.
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- FILES NEEDED IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY:
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- PALEDIT.EXE - The Palette Editor Program
- CHARSETS.CS - The Palette Editor's Internal Fonts
- MOUSEIMG.CS - The Palette Editor's Mouse Pointer
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- SAMPLE PALETTE FILE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED:
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- RGB.PAL - A Simple Palette with Reds, Greens, and Blues
- PRIME.PAL - A Simple Palette
- GAMECOLR.PAL - A Bright Palette from a Game of mine.
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- WHAT IT EDITS:
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- The VGA DAC Registers, all 256 of them.
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- HOW IT WORKS/FEATURES:
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- PALEDIT allows the user to see the entire VGA Palette of 256 colors
- and select and modify the RED, GREEN, and BLUE values of any individual
- color (DAC) register. The entire group of 256 colors can be saved to
- a disk file for later retrieval.
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- Individual "SLIDERS" show the current RED, GREEN, and BLUE color
- components of the current color and allow them to be changed.
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- The Following operations can be performed.
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- * Raise, Lower, and set the RED, GREEN, or BLUE components.
- * Copy the current RGB values to another Color (DAC) Register
- * Brighten the selected color
- * Darken and selected color
- * Reset the selected color to its original state
- * Blend an entire range of colors, creating a smooth
- Transition from one color to another
- * Optionally Lock out the first 16 colors to prevent
- Accidental Modification
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- DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS/FEATURES FROM THE TOP DOWN:
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- COLOR SLIDERS: In the upper left of the screen there are
- Three Rectangular Boxes: One for each primary color:
- RED, GREEN, and BLUE. Each Box has an arrow at each
- end, and a scale bar in the middle, connecting the two
- arrows. The scale bar is much like a thermometer,
- indicating how much of that color is in the selected
- color. To the right of each Box, the name of the color
- is indicated, along with the content color in the form
- of a number from 0 to 63; where 0 means none of that
- color goes into making the selected color, and 63 means
- that the selected color is saturated with that color.
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- Clicking the mouse on the slider's left arrow box will
- decrease the amount of that primary color in the selected
- color. Holding the mouse button down will reduce the
- color value all the way to 0.
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- Clicking the mouse on the slider's right arrow box will
- increase the amount of that primary color in the selected
- color. Holding the mouse button down will increase the
- color value all the way to 63.
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- Clicking the mouse on the scale bar will set the amount
- of that primary color to the value the represents that
- position on the slider.
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- LOCK Button: Clicking the button toggles the lockout of the
- first 16 colors. When they are locked out, they can not
- be modified, and when selected the word "LOCKED" will
- appear below the color # on the Color Information Display.
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- LOAD Button: Clicking this button will load the Palette file
- that is named in the Palette File name box. If no name is
- given or no such file exists, then nothing will be loaded.
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- SAVE Button: Clicking this button will save the current Palette
- in a file using the name given in the Palette File Name Box.
- If a Valid name is not provided, nothing will be saved.
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- QUIT Button: Clicking this button will return you to DOS.
- Nothing is saved, and no confirmation is given.
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- Color Information Display: This Box is on the left side of the
- Screen, below the Color Sliders. It shows the number of the
- currently selected color (from 0 to 255) and indicates if
- that color is locked. To the right of this box is a big
- square showing the current color.
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- LIGHTER Button: Clicking this button will make the selected
- color brighter.
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- DARKER Button: Clicking this button will make the selected
- color darker.
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- RESET Button: Clicking this button will restore the selected
- color to the value it had when it was first selected.
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- BLEND Button: Clicking this button will let you Blend a range
- of colors together. One end of the range of colors is the
- currently selected color. After Clicking the BLEND button.
- You must click on the color at the other end of the range
- in the Palette Display Box. All of the colors in between
- those two colors will be changed to represent a gradual
- transition from the color at one end to the color at the
- other end.
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- PALETTE FILE NAME BOX: This Text Box is used to enter the name
- of a Palette file to load or the name to save the current
- Palette as. Just click on the Box, and it will change color
- and a flashing cursor will appear. Now you type in a filename
- or edit the existing filename. Press <RETURN> or click
- outside the text box to end editing.
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- PALETTE DISPLAY BOX: This Box shows all 256 colors in an array
- of 32 by 8 color blocks. The Currently Selected Color will
- have a Box around it. Clicking on a color with the Left
- Mouse button will make that color the new currently selected
- color. Clicking on a color with the Right Mouse Button will
- copy the color value from the old selected color to it, before
- it is made the new selected color.
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- Message Bar: At the very bottom of the screen, this Bar will display
- information and messages for various functions.
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- PALETTE FILE FORMAT:
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- BINARY image, in order of VGA DAC (Color) Number. 3 Bytes Per
- Color, 256 Colors. 768 Bytes total. The Files will be exactly
- 768 bytes in size.
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- COLOR:
- RED: 1 BYTE
- GREEN: 1 BYTE
- BLUE: 1 BYTE
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- PALETTE: Array (0 to 255) of COLOR
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- COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, BUG REPORTS, etc:
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- Send the to the Author: Matt Pritchard
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- Through the 80xxx Fidonet Echo or
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- Matt Pritchard
- P.O. Box 140264
- Irving, TX 75014
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- CREDITS:
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- This Palette Editor was written in QuickBASIC 4.5
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