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In article <96196.090048U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>
	   U41602@uicvm.uic.edu "Rich Chong" writes:

> I have a 256 color 40x40 BMP that i'd like to turn into an ICON.
> My attempts with OS/2's ICON Editor, using cut and paste, pallete,
> and various device forms, leave me with a 256 color 40x40 icon that
> looks 16color, and loses the nice color gradations in the bmp.
> Any pointers on which is the proper form to use and steps to get
> what I want? I didnt see anything specific on Hobbes to do the
> conversion, or did i miss it?  Thanks
>				       rich

Use PMView, available from Hobbes -- or at least from their Dec
95 CD-ROM as PMVIEW92.ZIP, which is where I got mine.  Shareware
(but in no way limited) and worth every cent.  (Am now registered
and awaiting free upgrade to v0.93 -- where is it, guys? <g>)

I just tried an experiment: took a JPEG file; selected an area
(380 pixels square) containing the image I wanted; shrank it to
40x40; converted colour to 256 bit; output image as an OS/2 Warp
bitmap (you can also choose OS/2 2.1 or Win3.1); went out to the
system and dragged the bitmap from its directory into the icon
field of the settings notebook of a testfile; and -- bingo!
--
Andrew Stephenson