If you have an image from which you want to generate a palette, you can import the image into Colour Palette Editor and then create a palette from this.
Creating a palette from the contents of an image
- From the File menu, choose New then From Image
, or press Control+Shift+I
- From the Palette From Image dialogue, enter or select the image to load
- Optionally, uncheck the Reduce to 8bit colour depth option to create a palette using all colours in the image
- Optionally, specify a pixelate value to average out colours
- Optionally, use the drag handles to resize the area of the image that will be used to generate the palette. You can also move the region.
- Click OK to create the new palette
Tip
If the current palette has changed, you will be prompted to save it, discard changes, or cancel the creation of the new palette.
Working with the selection
Creating a new selection
Drag with the mouse to create a new selection. This only works if you drag outside the current selected, or if no selection is present.
Moving the selection
Click inside the existing selection and drag with the mouse to move it
Clearing the selection
To clear the current selection, click in the preview control and press the Delete key.
If no selection is set, the entire image will be used.
See Also
Working with palettes
- Creating a new palette
- Opening an existing palette
- Choosing how to open a file
- Saving the current palette
- Saving the current palette with a new name
- Saving a copy of the current palette
- Importing the contents of an existing palette
- Batch conversion of palette files
- Resizing palettes
- Reordering palettes
- Printing a palette
- Comparing two palettes
- Viewing palette formats