Patent ID: 8798435

Claim:
A method for generating image data for a plurality of images, wherein each image is defined by an image data array and a color palette, and wherein each of a plurality of elements of the image data array uniquely defines a location of a pixel in their respective image and a color location in the color palette of a desired color that defined the pixel, the method comprising: selecting at least a portion of a first image of the plurality of images, wherein the selected portion of the first image is defined by a portion of the image data array of the first image and a first color palette, wherein other ones of the plurality of images each have a corresponding portion of their respective image data array that is the same as the portion of the image data array of the first image, and wherein the color palette of each of the plurality of images are different; generating a master image data file, wherein the master image data file comprises: a common image data array, wherein the common image data array is the same as the portion of the image data array of the first image that corresponds to the selected portion of the first image, the color palette of the first image, and the color palettes of each of the other plurality of images; and storing the generated master image data file in a memory medium.