First one I'm not too sure about. You could cheat and put a layer on top of everything else with a transparent colored block, which would change the colors a bit, but not quite the way you want. It might be your only option at this point though.
Second one is a lighting effect that you can find an example of in the example folder, appropriately titled "lighting". <img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> Lemme know if you need help getting it working, I'm using it in my game too.
What are those screenshots from, by the way? Some kind of fan-made Chao RPG? <img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0" align="middle" />