If I may quote from the WWWebpage:
"A complete set of full 24 bit color image editing/painting tools
support creation and editing of images, icons, cursors, brush shapes,
and fill patterns. Import screen snapshots directly into MetaCard with
the snapshot tool, or import images in GIF, JPEG, BMP, and many other
formats."
Now, my question is: Do the first nine words of the first sentence apply
to the second sentence? That is, can imported images be 24-bit?
The reason I ask is that I have prepared a stack into which I have
imported some 24-bit color images (each using about 18K colours, and
probably a fairly similar set to each other). They are of skin, and they
appear BLUE in MetaCard. Whilst fiddling around with the local
metaManiac, it appeared that the problems occurred once we went above
256 colours. Thus, we suspected that we have hit some 256 colours
barrier.
Does such a barrier exist? Can it be modified? If so, how???
[In case you are wondering, I made sure no "color hogs" were running]
I am running Win95 on a Pent90 at 32-bit colour, MetaCard 2.1. Therefore
(it seems from the reference) I cannot use the privateColors command.
Also, I find my graphics don't refresh so clean. I get little outlines
all over the place, and sometimes when I go from one card to another,
bits of the first card get transposed onto the second.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
B-)