I must say I do not understand the original question (and I do use such palette textures, a lot). What do you mean exactly by *making* them ? Making such a palette usually means ... well, building it, by filling the slots (regardless of their size : 1 pix or more) with the specific limited colors that one needs. I don't…
Yeah, I am very much aware of the tech, I use it extensively myself. It's a fantastic way to make clean looking lowspec assets, or even blockouts to be sculpted/refined later. I guess the confusing part is that if you are at a stage where you need a lot of colors without optimization yet, then you might aswell start from a…