From: "Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Allegro won't display more than 1 PCX (properly)!!!
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:03:51 -0500
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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

> Date: Sun, 26 JAN 1997 03:33:36 GMT 
> From: Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com>
> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Newgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Re: Allegro won't display more than 1 PCX (properly)!!! 
> 
> 
> On 25 Jan 1997 22:25:01 GMT "Gautam N. Lad" <gautam AT interlog DOT com> writes:
> >Hi,
> >Ok, since I don't know how to display PCX images, I had to resort
> >to Allegro (which I think is amazing, and I look forward to the
> >new version which includes some 3D goodies!!).
> >
> >I modified the example EX15.C source to display two different PCXs.
> >So, here's the code.  Now what I don't understand is why
> >does Allegro use one palette to display an image, and when another
> >palette is created for another image, that original palette 
> >gets screwed up, and starts using the palette from the new palette.
> >Are ya confused?  Look at the source; it might be easier.
> >
> >In this program, two PCX images are loaded (I could've used a for 
> >loop, but I wanted to make sure it works. Oh well.)
> 
> Of course it uses the new palette - you called setpalette on the new
> palette.
> You only have 256 colors to use, and when you change them, _everything_
> on the screen uses the new 256 colors.
> 
> ..Chambers

You can try to merge the two palletes.  In many cases colors are 
redundant.  Simply pick a pallete, start going through the other pallete 
looking for matching colors.  One one is found you scan through the image 
associated with the first pallete searching the color that you wish to 
change and replace it.  

WARNING:  This doesn't come without a trick.  The above text is just the 
simple case.  You now need a mechanism for identifying which is an 
original color, and which is a replaced color.

quick example:  ( hope the wild syntax helps more than hurts.  A ! reps a 
color, # reps a pallete, and @ reps an image )

	You have found the color !2 of pallete #2 matches color !1 of 
pallete #1.  You replace color #1 in image @1 with color !2.  You 
continue scanning and find the color !3 of pallete #2 matches color !2 of 
pallete #1.  You begin scanning image @1 and replace all occurances of 
color !2 with color !3.  ...  See the problem?

A simple ( slow ) solution is to rebuild the image elsewhere.  Use the
original untouched and simply copy it into the new image as you go. 

cat