Materials Palette swatches vs .pal file

[PaulKraemer]

Hi,

I just started using PSP X4, but I have used previous versions of PSP in the past to do the following:

1. First, I use a different program (AutoCAD) that exports a .bmp. This bitmap has more than sixteen colors.
2. I open the .bmp in PSP. Then I load a 16 color palette (.pal file) by going to Image | Palette | Load Palette. This converts the .bmp to sixteen colors (just the colors that are included in the .pal file).
3. At this point, in previous versions of PSP, I am pretty sure that the Materials Palette would only display the colors from the .pal file that I had just loaded. Now with the new X4 version, it seems that the swatches shown in the Materials Palette have nothing to do with the .pal file I just loaded.

Is there a way I can force the Materials Palette to show the colors from my .pal file (and only the colors from my .pal file?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

[teknisyan]

Hello Paul,

As of this time, the Materials Palette is what it is, you can only remove and new swatches. But not import the whole .pal file.