Palette Maps

If you have a VGA, MCGA, Super-VGA, 8514/A, XGA, TARGA, or TARGA+ video adapter, you can save and restore color palettes for use with any image. To load a palette onto an existing image, use the [L] command in color- cycling or palette-editing mode. To save a palette, use the [S] command in those modes. To change the default palette for an entire run, use the command line "map=" parameter.

The default filetype for color-map files is ".MAP".

These color-maps are ASCII text files set up as a series of RGB triplet values (one triplet per line, encoded as the red, green, and blue [RGB] components of the color).

Note that .MAP file color values are in GIF format - values go from 0 (low) to 255 (high), so for a VGA adapter they get divided by 4 before being stuffed into the VGA's Video-DAC registers (so '6' and '7' end up referring to the same color value).

Fractint is distributed with some sample .MAP files:

ALTERN.MAP

the famous "Peterson-Vigneau Pseudo-Grey Scale"

BLUES.MAP

for rainy days, by Daniel Egnor

CHROMA.MAP

general purpose, chromatic

DEFAULT.MAP

the VGA start-up values

FIRESTRM.MAP

general purpose, muted fire colors

GAMMA1.MAP and GAMMA2.MAP

Lee Crocker's response to ALTERN.MAP

GLASSES1.MAP

used with 3d glasses modes

GLASSES2.MAP

used with 3d glasses modes

GOODEGA.MAP

for EGA users

GREEN.MAP

shaded green

GREY.MAP

another grey variant

GRID.MAP

for stereo surface grid images

HEADACHE.MAP

major stripes, by D. Egnor (try cycling and hitting [2] )

LANDSCAP.MAP

Guruka Singh Khalsa's favorite map for plasma "landscapes"

NEON.MAP

a flashy map, by Daniel Egnor

PAINTJET.MAP

high resolution mode PaintJet colors

ROYAL.MAP

the royal purple, by Daniel Egnor

TOPO.MAP

Monte Davis's contribution to full color terrain

VOLCANO.MAP

an explosion of lava, by Daniel Egnor

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