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eXeler0 · 04 March 2016, 22:56

I'm talking about using 256 shades of grey to make it look good, not to achieve a particular atmosphere.

Take a look at the pic below (3-image stack)

Textlink:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vesxtahstr...olors.png?dl=0

Consider a true color image (ok the resolution is downscaled to Amiga levels so at 320x256 you really only get ~82k pixels and also the theoretical maximum colors)
The second image is downgraded to 256 colors (with dithering) but this is not realistically what you would get on AGA (without a hell of a lot of copper palette hacks, anyway) because youd more likely have a fixed palette with fewer colors in certian ranges..
Then at the bottom you have a 256 shades of grey image.
Looks much better with smooth gradients etc.. and for certain types of games it could work IMO. (Think Limbo on Xbox [ Show youtube player ])

04 March 2016, 22:56	#11
eXeler0 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Age: 50 Posts: 2,946	I'm talking about using 256 shades of grey to make it look good, not to achieve a particular atmosphere. Take a look at the pic below (3-image stack) Textlink: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vesxtahstr...olors.png?dl=0 Consider a true color image (ok the resolution is downscaled to Amiga levels so at 320x256 you really only get ~82k pixels and also the theoretical maximum colors) The second image is downgraded to 256 colors (with dithering) but this is not realistically what you would get on AGA (without a hell of a lot of copper palette hacks, anyway) because youd more likely have a fixed palette with fewer colors in certian ranges.. Then at the bottom you have a 256 shades of grey image. Looks much better with smooth gradients etc.. and for certain types of games it could work IMO. (Think Limbo on Xbox [ Show youtube player ])