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- From: cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: NewIcons v MagicWB (was What I want from new Workbench)
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 11:56:31 -0000
- Organization: Advanced RISC Machines Limited
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- In article <Dou4u0.2E7@cix.compulink.co.uk>,
- Jolyon Ralph <jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
- >Hmm. That's worth trying. I'll write a little app that allocates all 256
- >pens and forces them to a fixed palette (say RGB 3:3:2) and see whether
- >that makes any difference.
- >
-
- If you do, could you upload it to Aminet? What I think might be really
- useful is something similar, but with a 2:2:2 (i.e. EGA) palette for
- 64 colour screens, where bandwidth is less of a problem. With a nice
- palette and NewIcons V2's dithering, some truly beautiful Workbenches
- could result.
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