Bootskins?
Sunday, March 14, 2004 by Richard Mohler | Discussion: Stardock Software
I was trying to make a bootskin and got it to work but the picture didn't look all that good. I just want to know if there's a trick to make them look smoother and clearer, beacause mine looked really grainy. Thanks, Richard
Jafo
Reply #2 Monday, March 15, 2004 6:43 AM
Reply #2 Monday, March 15, 2004 6:43 AM
No trick...just the limitation of a 16 colour palette....either keep the image simply coloured or monochrome and they won't appear as 'bad'.
Note also that some people 'cheat' with their previews and use higher colour resolutions on them....which is false advertising....their actual bootskins are just as 'poor' as any other...
Richard Mohler
Reply #3 Monday, March 15, 2004 6:48 PM
Reply #3 Monday, March 15, 2004 6:48 PM
I have paint shop which I made some pictures with 4 bit 16 colour and they looked allright , but when I made a progress bar the same way it screwed the whole picture up. Do you have any idea why this would happen? Richard 
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Shameless Designs
Reply #4 Monday, March 15, 2004 7:12 PM
Reply #4 Monday, March 15, 2004 7:12 PM
#3 by Richard Mohler - 3/15/2004 6:48:56 PM I have paint shop which I made some pictures with 4 bit 16 colour and they looked allright , but when I made a progress bar the same way it screwed the whole picture up. Do you have any idea why this would happen?/quote]
When you made the progress bar, did you use the exact same 16-color palette? The palette for the two items must be identical.
When you made the progress bar, did you use the exact same 16-color palette? The palette for the two items must be identical.
Richard Mohler
Reply #5 Monday, March 15, 2004 8:14 PM
Reply #5 Monday, March 15, 2004 8:14 PM
I went ahead and tried it again today and everything works fine, " go figure". Guess yesterday wasn't a good day. Thanks, Richard
Jafo
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:35 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:35 AM
Richard....the two images MUST use the identical palette.
That cannot be stressed enough...
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Reply #1 Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:17 PM