[Beginner][Photoshop] Making your pictures work in Rm2k/3

[The Dash]

So,
this simple tutorial is going to show you how to Index your images to make them look good in RM2k/3.

So, I want to get this lovely picture of a bunny wabbit into Rm2k3, but..Oh no! The evil "Invalid colour depth" error pops up.
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/0.jpg
No problem! I'll just open up Photoshop and Index it.
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/1.PNG
1. Go to Image > Mode > Indexed Colour
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/2.PNG
2.Copy the settings from the image below and click Ok. As you can see we now have a 256 colour image with minimal colour loss.
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/3.PNG
3. Save it and you're done!

If you don't have Photoshop or a program like it then you are going to experiance major color loss.

1.Open up your image in Paint and simply save it as a 256 colour .bmp
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/4.PNG
2. Prepare yourself for some extreme uglyness
http://dasheo.com/images/Tutorials/indexing/5.PNG
Ew? I thought so haha..

I hope this tutorial was helpful, please feel free to post questions on it.