Placing bitmaps in toolbar VS2008(feature pack), for CMFCToolbars

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I am having issues, with toolbar buttons, in MFC(MDI) Application, after opening Toolbar editor, and open the folder from desktop, having list of bitmaps, All are converted to bitmaps and size to 15 * 16, but on launching application, the image is distorted, and subsequent a loss of color intensity/ information etc., how can we overcome to enable the *.bmp to be placed in Toolbar editor(CMFCTOOLBAR) without image distortion.

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I am usng VS2008, Winxp SP3 O/S
Regards.