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PaletteWB
What PaletteWB is
PaletteWB is a Windows editor for creating and working with color palettes. It can generate palettes through interpolation or a cosine-based method, import and browse palettes, and adjust or reorder colors with filters and patterns. The full distribution includes almost 700 palettes, and users can save palettes they create or edit. PaletteWB supports GIMP GPL, Adobe Photoshop ACO, Fractint MAP, Microsoft PAL, and hexadecimal color lists. Exports also include rendered images, formatted text, and color-cycling animations. For image work, it can apply palettes to indexed images, convert RGB images to indexed formats, and process images in batches. It can also create Julia and Mandelbrot fractals and noise images. The evaluation version has reduced palette and image limits, disables batch processing, and is not for commercial use.
Who it suits
PaletteWB suits Windows users who need to generate, edit, save, and export palettes or apply them to images. Its image generation and batch tools may also suit people working with indexed images and fractals.
What it does well
- Full distribution includes almost 700 palettes
- Supports five listed palette file formats
- Exports rendered images, text, and animations
- Can apply palettes to images in batches
- Generates fractals and noise images
What to know first
- Windows only
- No free plan
- Evaluation version disables batch processing
- Evaluation use is not for commercial purposes
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Test version | Batch processing disabled · generated images up to 640×400 · saved images/GIFs up to 320×200 · 174 palettes · non-commercial use only | Free |
| Full version | Unlimited executable · PaletteConverter · documentation · almost 700 palettes | $14.99, paid once |
As palettewb.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
PaletteWB combines palette creation and editing with image conversion, batch application, and several export options. Consider the evaluation version’s limits and the one-time 14.99 USD price before choosing it.
Facts from PaletteWB's own pages
- Batch operations
- The full version supports batch palette application to images and batch palette conversion. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Built-in palette library
- The distribution includes a browsable library of almost 700 palettes. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- ChangeLog highlights
- Version 2.0 added undo/redo, clipboard support, three internal image formats, help, printing, expanded export and separate 32-bit and 64-bit builds. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Color filters
- Editing filters include brightness/contrast, hue-saturation-value, blur and tinting with a color or gradient. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Command-line utility
- The package includes PaletteConverter, a command-line program for palette conversion. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Contact
- The maker accepts feedback by email at [email protected] or through the website contact form. · palettewb.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Developer extensibility
- The public developer interface documented for the product is the PaletteConverter command-line utility; no web API or SDK is described. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Distribution formats
- Windows downloads are offered as Win32 and x64 MSI installers or portable ZIP archives. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes a version-2 user manual, a PaletteConverter man page, PDF copies and a change log. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Palettes can be exported as rendered images, formatted text, or color cycling animations. · palettewb.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany · palettewb.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Image colorization
- The application applies palettes to indexed images and converts RGB images into 8-bit, 32-bit or floating-point indexed forms. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Image generation
- It can generate Julia fractals, Mandelbrot fractals and noise images for evaluating palettes. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Image tools
- It can apply palettes to indexed images, convert RGB images to indexed formats, and apply palettes to images in batch. · palettewb.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Included palettes
- The full distribution includes almost 700 palettes. · palettewb.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Independent marketplace files
- The itch.io purchase supplies Win32 and x64 MSI and ZIP files, with ZIP sizes listed from 14 MB to 27 MB. · dkrajzew.itch.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent marketplace platform
- itch.io categorizes PaletteWB as a released Windows tool. · dkrajzew.itch.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent marketplace price
- The itch.io listing requires a purchase of at least $14.99 USD for the full tool. · dkrajzew.itch.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Indexed-image depth
- PaletteWB supports indexed images with up to 65,536 entries and continuous floating-point indices. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: unregistered edition
- Softpedia confirms that the unregistered edition disables batch processing and constrains generated and animated image dimensions. · softpedia.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The product pages identify Daniel Krajzewicz as the developer and responsible party. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Maker background
- Daniel Krajzewicz describes himself as a software developer and scientific coworker at the German Aerospace Center. · krajzewicz.de, 15 Oct 2026
- Maker headquarters
- The legal information gives Daniel Krajzewicz's address as Jochen-Nüßler-Straße 5, 12359 Berlin, Germany. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- PaletteConverter formats
- PaletteConverter reads GPL, ACO, MAP, PAL and HEХTXT and can write those plus HTML, CSS, JavaScript and GIF output. · palettewb.com, 15 Oct 2026
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