[Q] Change the color of black white .gif ?

[free12]

newbie
can i change the color of a b/w gif with xnview ?

i did search and could not find, but it may be in front of my nose
and just couldn't see it. also apologize if this is a stupid question.

[Clo]

Hello !
- Yes, just at the tip of your nose

- Menu “Image" >> Convert to colours
- Then, you can choose colour-features…
I tested with a small GIF "binary", so Black & White that I drawn specially to see if it works
- Indeed, only the format shall be changed, XnView will not add any supplemental colour !

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[free12]

ty claude
when i do that i choose 256 colors (adaptive)
but then what? the image which is a small black and white
is just in the middle of the screen?

where is the selection method?
(must have a big nose, huh!)

usa-nebraska

[Clo]

Hi again !

- If you want for add colours to this image really, it's a bit more complicated…
- A doable way, which doesn't need any special software :

• Copy the image you converted into 256-c format (although it's B&W still) in XnView :
Edit Menu >> Copy
• Paste it into MS-Paint (set the size similar to the original image size, of course)
- Save it as BMP 256 colours if you want to keep it as GIF finally, or more if another better format is convenient.
- Paint the colours you wish to add… When ended, save the *.BMP.
- In Paint, you can too save the pic directly as *.GIF (256 colours maximum) or JPEG (true colours…):
File menu >>> Save as… >> Scroll the list to choose the format.

- Hoping that'll do the trick,

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[free12]

much appreciated
i will give that a try
ty

[Drahken]

Xnview is primarily a viewer/converter, as such it has no drawing tools. If you want to add color to a specific part of the image, you'll have to do it with some other program. On the other hand, you can add tint to the enitre image by going image->adjust->hue/saturation/lightness. Turn up the saturation, then adjust the hue.

[helmut]

can i change the color of a b/w gif with xnview ?

If you want to change individual colours in the colour map, you open the image in view mode and then you select "Image > Edit Colour map". The colour map with all colours used in the GIF is displayed. Now you can change individual colours and for example change your b/w image to a brown/yellow image.

As written above, there's many ways to change the colours of your GIF. If the above and my replies do not answer your question, please write in a bit more detail what you want to achieve.