[SDL] converting 8bit surface to 32bit surface

[Bill Kendrick]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 02:34:15AM -0500, matt hull wrote:
> i was using them so i could easily change the palette, if i use a 32  
> bit surface i would have to do more blits or color changes with each  
> palette change.

Problem is, you're doing that ANYWAY, aren't you?  (When you blit the
8bpp paletted surface over to your 32bpp RGB one.)  Or, at least,
SDL_DisplayFormat() does it for you (and is, as you've found, a necessary
step).

Depending on what you're doing, you may want to rethink how you're using
the surfaces, and maybe do everything in the 32bpp surface...?

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