Question Assetstudio sprites alpha8

In assetstudio when 2dtextures/sprites export in grayscale/alpha8 is there a way to add the palette to the images so they are in color. I have found the palettes but when I export them they save in the same format as the sprites, in png. With the programs I use I need a PAL file to be able to add the palette to the image. So for now I have grayscale sprites and picture of the pal. Any of you know a workaround for this

 

some resources here,
info https://forum.unity.com/threads/shader-color-replacement-in-a-pixel-art-context.226934/#post-1512449
example https://forum.unity.com/threads/color-replacement-shader.83582/#post-536389

so if you can create texture from your pal file, then that texture can be used as a palette,
from where your grayscale image picks the colors.

 

Much appreciated and I don't want to sound like an idiot but I don't really understand much of what you linked. Is the only way to achieve through code? To be more to the point I have extracted an image and its palette using assetstudio. They both saved in png format. I'm just trying to add the palette to the image somehow. Also I am trying to do this outside the game

 

you mean, do it once - preferably outside unity? (so doesn't have to be realtime "color remap" with shaders)

i guess could try some of those, if it correctly applies palette (based on grayscale indexes..)
https://lospec.com/palette-list/importing-palettes

 

just adding one solution discussed in pm:

tool for remapping the palette into main texture:
https://tools.unitycoder.com/AssetStudioSpriteRecolorFromPalette/

heres also one shader to do that inside unity
https://gist.github.com/unitycoder/de8bbfd950c376757143d82795192e0a