Does Metafile Companion use Windows color palettes?
No. Metafile Companion does not use the palette stored with an EMF file and it does not try to create one for WMF files. However, this does not affect the actual metafile itself – the colors of the objects are contained in the pen and brush records, not the palette. So printing the metafile on a color printer will give the proper output. Using the palette does help limited-palette displays to display the colors more accurately. The work-around for this problem is to enable the display of more colors on your system if possible. For example, switch from 4-bit (16 color) or 8-bit (256 color) mode to 16-bit (65K color) or 24-bit (16M color) mode. At these higher color resolutions, Windows no longer needs (or uses) color palettes.
Related Questions
- Does the current version of Metafile Companion run on older versions of Windows (95, 98, Me, NT and 2000)?
- Can Metafile Companion convert Windows metafiles (WMF or EMF) to bitmap files (BMP, TIFF, GIF, JPEG etc.)?
- Can Metafile Companion convert bitmap files (BMP, TIFF, GIF, JPEG etc.) to Windows metafiles (WMF or EMF)?
