Can't wrap my head around Workbench colour palettes

[Ulysses13]

Hello.

I'm currently sprucing up my A1200 Workbench. I'm using 3.1.4 and thought I'd design some nice icons etc.

I upped my colours to 16, and used FullPalette to set my own colours. I also locked them all so they wouldn't rotate and shift as I used other things.

But, they still do. Even opening up a drawer containing a fancy icon from somewhere else is enough to change the colour palette and everything looks awful straightaway, the only fix being reloading my palette in FullPalette.

So, what's the point of locking the colours if they're not actually locked? I guess I really don't have a handle on this colour palette thing - am I doing something wrong?

Any help would be appreciated - I'm keen on making custom icons for my Workbench apps, but need to rely on a consistent colour palette.

[thomas]

Use NewIcons or GlowIcons format to save your icons. (Also called palette mapped icons.) Then you don't need to care about palette settings, they always look right.

Regarding FullPalette, you probably don't run FPPrefs at startup or not at the right time.

[Ulysses13]

Thanks for the reply, I don't know much about NewIcons or GlowIcons. I'm using Iconian to draw my icons which has the option of saving as NewIcon, so I can try that.

FullPalette should work though, unless I'm misunderstanding what it does. The WB colours shouldn't shift if I've locked them, should they?

I checked my startup-sequence, and FullPalette is in there. I have no idea if this is correct, or in the right place, can you offer any advice?

; $VER: Startup-Sequence_HardDrive 45.4 (28.5.2018)
; Startup-Sequence for hard drive systems

If Exists C:LoadModule
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C:CPU CHECKINSTALL

C:Version >NIL:
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Assign >NIL: CLIPS: RAM:Clipboards
Assign >NIL: REXX: S:
Assign >NIL: PRINTERS: DEVS:Printers
Assign >NIL: KEYMAPS: DEVS:Keymaps
Assign >NIL: LOCALE: SYS:Locale
Assign >NIL: LIBS: SYS:Classes ADD
Assign >NIL: HELP: LOCALE:Help DEFER

BindDrivers
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IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors
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SetEnv Language "english"
SetEnv Workbench $Workbench
SetEnv Kickstart $Kickstart
UnSet Workbench
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C:AddDataTypes REFRESH QUIET
Run > NIL: "Amiga R:VisualPrefs"
C:IPrefs
FPPrefs
SYS:Prefs/FPPrefs
C:ConClip

Path >NIL: RAM: C: SYS:Utilities SYS:Rexxc SYS:System S: SYS:Prefs SYS:WBStartup SYS:Tools SYS:Tools/Commodities

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[thomas]

Originally Posted by Ulysses13

I checked my startup-sequence, and FullPalette is in there.

You run it twice. I guess the second run disables it.

[Ulysses13]

That was it!

Seems to be working properly now. Thanks!

I'm going to try and stick to making bog standard 16 colour Workbench icons rather than any other standard, so this will make it easier to perfect my palette and get testing!

Cheers!

[Cammy]

I'd highly recommend using Rebel's 16 colour Workbench palette which has already had all the hard hours put into coming up with the most optimised and useful palette for Workbench apps, icons and wallpapers. Then anything you make will be compatible with everyone else who uses this amazing palette now. Here's how my Workbench looks with this 16 colour palette...

[seb132]

Originally Posted by Cammy

I'd highly recommend using Rebel's 16 colour Workbench palette which has already had all the hard hours put into coming up with the most optimised and useful palette for Workbench apps, icons and wallpapers. Then anything you make will be compatible with everyone else who uses this amazing palette now. Here's how my Workbench looks with this 16 colour palette...

Hi Cammy where did you get these disk icons? They are fantastic and the CD32 is jaw dropping.... I love the « Work » too, with Lotus 2 on the screen... Aw

[Ulysses13]

Sounds intriguing, where can I get that particular palette from?

I'd agonised quite a bit over mine, but happy to check out an alternative...

[Cammy]

mfilos made a really good guide on using FullPalette and Birdie and VisualPrefs using Rebel's palette here: http://www.mfilos.com/2012/01/guide-...ier-using.html

I have attached a zip of Rebel's 16 colour palette for VisualPrefs, I hope you can get it working.

[Cammy]

Originally Posted by seb132

Hi Cammy where did you get these disk icons? They are fantastic and the CD32 is jaw dropping.... I love the « Work » too, with Lotus 2 on the screen... Aw

I'm sorry those icons are just ones Rebel made, he hasn't made enough to distribute them as a pack yet but I can try and gather all the ones I have and upload an archive of them if I get some time.