HELP WITH COLOR INDEXING FOR SPRITES

[Ryo Hazaki]

Greetings all. Noob question here  I'm making sprites but they aren't showing up in MUGEN. I've noticed when I save them in GIMP or PHOTOSHOP they only save as 24 colors instead of 255. See below:
PHOTOSHOP:
GIMP: (the one on the right is for reference)

Besides everything, what am I doing wrong?

[verz36]

from what I see you not doing anything wrong. they should show up. but when you say mugen what do you mean? u need to use fighter factory. and when you add the sprites they should show up. you need to save your files after you add the sprites. when you make sprites, they will hold only the colors from the sprite, that's why you see 24, also check off transparency and you should have made a palette before anything that u can apply to your sprites. in the palette you need to have the colors you have on your character. fx and many other sprites don't need this palette. I will recommend you go see videos of how to make a character in mugen, there are many in youtube and also check the docs that come with mugen. you will find most of your answers there.

[Ryo Hazaki]

from what I see you not doing anything wrong. they should show up. but when you say mugen what do you mean? u need to use fighter factory. and when you add the sprites they should show up. you need to save your files after you add the sprites. when you make sprites, they will hold only the colors from the sprite, that's why you see 24, also check off transparency and you should have made a palette before anything that u can apply to your sprites. in the palette you need to have the colors you have on your character. fx and many other sprites don't need this palette. I will recommend you go see videos of how to make a character in mugen, there are many in youtube and also check the docs that come with mugen. you will find most of your answers there.

Thanks for your response. I'm an admirer of your works and look forward to what you have in store for MUGEN. I'll double check the information you've suggested. 

[O Ilusionista]

Hey man.
First, you should not use EXACT at the palette. This is made just the first time, to make a palette with all the colors. For all the rest of the images, you should choose CUSTOM and load the palette you made.

Also, keep in mind that in PNG, the transparent color is THE FIRST ONE, while in pcx is the LAST ONE.

I've made a palette tutorial long time ago, take a look http://www.infinitymugenteam.com/Forum_345/index.php?topic=34125.0