GRPalEdit V1

Useful programs to help you create stuff for GeneRally.
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Strava
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GRPalEdit V1

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This is my old palette editor from 2005. It runs OK on both an old Win7 laptop and my new Win10 machine.
The old setup.exe might say there is not enough disk space.
Click install anyway and it should work.
GRPalEdit_V1_Install.zip
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GRPalEditV1.png
Here is a good track for testing palettes. It has one of every object and surface on it:
PalTest12c.zip
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Tips:
The preview windows are 1.3x1 aspect ratio. ( i.e 640x480 , 800x600 etc )
GRPalEdit will not distort the images but you will have to scroll to see the whole image.

To zoom in/out quickly, click the +/- keys once, then hold the enter key down.

The read me file is in the zip and has explanations for all of the operations.

If you would like to check out the functions, here is the full readme text:
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GeneRally Palette Editor
by Strava 2005

Release 1.0.0

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Installation:

Extract files to a temp folder
Run SETUP.exe
Delete temp folder

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Picture Controls:

Load: Load picture to the viewing pane
MUST be an 8 bit/256 color bitmap
Large pics may slow down the pan function

Palette: Extract the picture's palette to the palette grid
The original pic is kept in memory
So this will always reset the pallet grid to the pic's
original palette

Draw: Re-draw the pic using the colors in the palette grid

Save: Save a copy of the picture using the current colors in the palette grid

+/- : Zoom In/Out

Click+Drag: Pan/move the picture

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Palette Controls:

Load: Load a palette to the palette grid.
MUST be a windows format 256 color palette.

Save: Save a copy of the current palette grid as a windows .pal file.

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** Block Copy Method 1 **

Left Click: Set start of Copy From block

Shift+Click: Set end of Copy From block

Ctrl+Click: Set start of Copy To block

Copy Button: Perform Palette Copy

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** Block Copy metod 2 **

Edit the Copy From Palette & Index boxes and click Copy Button
Caution! Very little error checking. Use Caution!

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** Copy a single color **

Left Click: Select color

Alt+Click: Paste Single(First Selected) Color

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** Edit a single color **

Right Click: Open color picker.

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** Adjust Hue, Saturation & Luminance for a block of palette entries **

Left Click: Set Start of range to adjust

Shift + Click: Set End of range to adjust

Note: a max of 32 colors can be adjusted at one time

Click HSL Button

Move HSL sliders with the mouse or
Cursor keys to increment by 1
Page up/down to increment by 10

Save Button: Save adjusted colors to color grid

Cancel Button: To discard changes.

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** Adjust Red, Green & Blue Levels for a block of palette entries **

Left Click: Set Start of range to adjust

Shift + Click: Set End of range to adjust

Note: a max of 32 colors can be adjusted at one time.

Click RGB Button

Select Options
Percent: RGB Values will be changed by percentges of existing values
Increment: RGB Values will be incremented

Move RGB sliders with the mouse or
Cursor keys to increment by 1
Page up/down to increment by 10

Save Button: Save adjusted colors to color grid

Cancel Button: To discard changes.

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Support:
Please post comments (appreciated) and bug reports (I'll fix all that I can) here:
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=215188
Good Luck & Good Racing
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Txizzle
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Re: GRPalEdit V1

Post by Txizzle »

Don´t remember coming across this before, thanks for the info/update, will try it soon. :)
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