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kv83 · Post by **kv83** » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 7:17 am

hehe, i like the forum troll.... though i can't see the pics

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 10:44 am

kv83 wrote:hehe, i like the forum troll.... though i can't see the pics

My ISP is the sux, up now.

kv83 · Post by **kv83** » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 12:48 pm

ahwww... they look so nice, but we only accept grayscale... sorry! :'(

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 3:19 pm

ok : D

Madskillz · Post by **Madskillz** » Fri 28 Jul, 2006 6:07 pm

here I worked on the troll a bit...

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Fri 28 Jul, 2006 8:32 pm

don't you think it looks better without the white background? And also, why are you using jpeg? do you really think something that small needs lossy compression? In fact, the png version only takes up 234 bytes, while your lossy-compressed jpeg takes up 595 bytes, more than twice as much. So, you have lower visual quality, and also bigger size.

Here is the better, "transparent" background version in the nice, lossless png compression, sporting less than half of the size of your jpeg.

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Fri 28 Jul, 2006 9:04 pm

What's wrong with my own grayscale ports that even have highlightings and other corrections emplaced into them to correct graphical differences between the coloured and grayscale versions? :<

http://24.132.4.131/troll_gs.png

http://24.132.4.131/petrock_gs.png

The source files for these have half a dozen layers for a reason you know.

kv83 · Post by **kv83** » Fri 28 Jul, 2006 11:08 pm

Looks great Arcane. I'll upload them tommorow

Madskillz · Post by **Madskillz** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 12:10 am

don't you think it looks better without the white background? And also, why are you using jpeg? do you really think something that small needs lossy compression? In fact, the png version only takes up 234 bytes, while your lossy-compressed jpeg takes up 595 bytes, more than twice as much. So, you have lower visual quality, and also bigger size.

yes...but it was just a quick cleanup...I said I only worked on it...as for visual quality. It is four-level greyscale, I'm not gonna lose a whole heck of a lot dont you think? I made this with calcgs and then exported it as a bitmap...I just used a bitmap->jpeg converter that I happened to have on my desktop. Really if I was all that serious I would have made it a .png but as I said I used what I had with me at the time and as I stated earlier, it was just a cleaned up version...

I think it took all of what 2 min? I liked the troll alot Arcane, I just thought it lost a bit of quality with the black background and yes the white as well Comp!

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 6:04 pm

kv83 wrote:Looks great Arcane. I'll upload them tommorow

woot

Madskillz wrote:black background

Use a proper browser.

Here are gif versions for actual use..

http://24.132.4.131/troll_gs.gif

http://24.132.4.131/petrock_gs.gif

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 7:35 pm

Arcane, none of the pictures you posted are showing up for me. Is there some server down or something? It was working yesterday.

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 8:59 pm

I forgot to start apache after rebooting.

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 9:13 pm

ok, working now.

Hmm, your items will be the first ones without animation. I wonder how they'll sell.

Madskillz · Post by **Madskillz** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 10:17 pm

well the rock isnt bad...I might go for it if I get enough cash...

kv83 · Post by **kv83** » Sat 29 Jul, 2006 10:42 pm

Both are up. I'll get one as soon as I have enough money

First have to buy a DS! w00t