ALL Dither Boy & Script Slayer Palettes Now Work in Flareware!
If you’ve downloaded any of our Dither Boy palette packs, you now have another place to use them.
Flareware 2 supports Dither Boy colour palettes, including the free packs from the Studio AAA Community Page, and palettes you’ve created yourself. The same palette files work in both apps, so you don’t need to convert them.
If you'd like to get started just download a palette pack, or get a file you've made yourself and...
Use a Dither Boy Palette In Flareware
Add a Color Palette effect and click Import Palettes > Bulk Import > From ZIP File.
Select the palette ZIP inside the download you got from our site, then choose one of the imported palettes and adjust the intensity to your liking! (Swap in bulk import or ZIP for the individual palette if needed)
or...
Use a Flareware palette in Dither Boy
Download some Flareware palettes, like the ones i will list below. Open Dither Boy and load up any dithering algorithm > Click Import > Choose ZIP again > Navigate to the ZIP you downloaded below this text > Done!
The palettes obviously work differently depending on which app you use them in, but there is a whole backlog of palettes on the Studio AAA community page if you'd like to get started with the new effect in Flareware!
Free Spectrums Palette Pack from Flareware
These palettes already exist in Flareware 2 already (they are bundled with the app, so you don't need to download these for use in Flareware)
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