Quote Originally Posted by Rythmic
Maybe R'as al Ghul has a better solution.
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Quote Originally Posted by Belisario
When I convert a new unit icon to Bif (with Bif Reader) and LBM (with Ultimate Paint) I have some problems. Seemingly the new Bif is correct but in the game it appears with some ugly black dots. [..]
I’m able to convert the unit icon to LBM using Ultimate Paint, however in the game the green/purple transparent colours appear instead of the faction colours.
Hello,

make sure you have the latest version of readbif. Your base has to be a 256 colour .bmp file. When you have that, make a new bif with readbif using the desired dimensions. Then import the bmp as frame with readbif.
Concerning the lbm problem, have a look here:
Duke John says:
Editing: This icon requires a carefull approach when editing. First #find a suitable existing MTW icon, increase the colour depth to 24-bit and change the image. If the icon is a bit sharply edged then enlarge the image by 200% use a smooth filter ,be carefull not to overdo the smoothing and reduce the image back to it's original size.
Next find any suitable exising 256-colour MTW palette and use it. Make sure that the background colour is R:207, G:207, B:199. Next copy the entire picture in your painting program and then paste it over an exisiting MTW unit icon in Ultimate Paint. Then save it.
Most of the problems are connected to a wrong palette. That's the main difficulty. When in doubt you can always load a working lbm or bif and check out the palette values. You can also, using photoshop, export a palette and import it again.
Hope that helps?

R'as