On 20 Jul, Ned Abell wrote in message <4fc1cc9ab6nedabell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 19 Jul, Kell <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Yes, but how do you find out which is the right colour to be the > > backgound? If you load it as a sprite then you can see which colour > > number is the background, but I don't know how to do the same with a > > GIF: therefore it's a bit hit and miss. > > It _is_ rather frustrating. I convert Gif to Sprite using WebGif and > check the colour values against Paint. Then input these into !Colours > to get the "#,,,," (hex-triplet) value. > > Inputting colours into Artworks, Martin has added the facillity to > create a new colour by typing "#" followed by the hex-triplet values > into the dialog box to create a new colour. If you're doing what I think you're doing, wouldn't the pipette icon in ArtWorks allow you to grab the colour(s) direct from the GIF? -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------