It's been a while, hasn't it? Apart from a small bug-fixing release last year, there hasn't been a new version of Palette Suite for 5 whole years.

Well, have no fear! Palette Suite 3.00 is now available here.

It's been entirely remade from scratch, and has a bunch of new features. Possibly the most important new feature for tileset makers is the new "Use Palette" tab. This allows you to load a bitmap, apply a palette, and save the result.

But there's more to it than that. One method of applying palettes is by dithering. If you've tried this before, you may have found the result to be unusable, because the dithering bleeds into the background and neighbouring tiles. Palette Suite 3.00 has two features to prevent this happening: "Protect colour" and "Protect grid". You can now dither your tilesets with impunity.

Enjoy!