- On the ribbon, click
Raster Tools tab
Edit panel
Process Image drop-down menu
Palette Manager.
The Palette Manager dialog box is displayed.
- To display the
Import Palette dialog box, click Palette menuImport.
Note: Grayscale images must be converted to color before you can import a palette. For more information, see Converting Grayscale Images to Paletted Images.
- Navigate to the folder where the palette is located using one of the following methods:
- Choose the drive and folder using standard Windows navigation procedures.
- Choose a location from the Places List on the left side of the dialog box to navigate directly to the Documents, Desktop, or Favorites folder.
- In the Files Of Type box, choose the file format of the palette you want to import.
Note: If more than one kind of file with the same name is present in the folder, do not enter in a filename with no extension. - From the list of palettes, select the palette you want to import. The selected palette is listed in the File Name box. Alternatively, click the Favorites button to choose a shortcut to palette in a local or network location, or on the Internet.
- To change the way
AutoCAD Raster Design toolset applies the new palette to the image, select one of the following options in the Palette Application section:
- Substitute to replace the current palette with the imported palette.
- Match to replace the current palette with the imported palette by re-mapping the indexed colors to the closest colors in the imported palette.
- Dither to replace the current palette with the imported palette by remapping the indexed colors to the closest colors in the imported palette.
- To view information about a palette, such as the palette title, before you insert it, click Views Information.
- To display a preview of the palette, click Views Preview.
- Click Open to import the palette file and return to the Palette Manager dialog box.