Bitmaps to Jpgs advise please
Thursday, January 29, 2004 by dune2996 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
If you spend hours making a clean sharp 16 bitmap (say for a bootskin) then convert to a JPG (for the preview at Wincustomize) there is a great loss of (pixel) image.
Is there any way around this loss (other than) re-rendering in say photoshop or something ?
Yes I have gone the other rought JPG to bitmap but thats almost as bad ?
Normally I end up rendering the same image twice (16 bitmap & Jpg).
Thank you...
Is there any way around this loss (other than) re-rendering in say photoshop or something ?
Yes I have gone the other rought JPG to bitmap but thats almost as bad ?
Normally I end up rendering the same image twice (16 bitmap & Jpg).
Thank you...
kona0197
Reply #2 Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:25 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:25 PM
i think skinstudio does a good job making previews for bootskins. 
dune2996
Reply #3 Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:36 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:36 PM
Thanks to Kona 0197 and Sir Stumpy for your help...Perhaps I`ve got pixelmania or something cause I now dream in pixels and what the world to be perfectly pixelated ! Ahhhh those damn pixels... 
CerebroJD
Reply #4 Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:38 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:38 PM
I convert to jpg with photoshop and save at the highest quality possible. Theres almost no loss.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #6 Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:19 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:19 PM
All my photos on DA are jpg. I save them with minimum compression and you can't really tell the difference. other than the file size dropping from 50Mb to just over 1Mb for the full size scan (TIFF) at 4000x2500. The 1024x768 on DA are a lot smaller of course.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #7 Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:05 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:05 PM
irfan is a cool little prog i use to resize images .. i have not noticed any image degredation .. just set the quality ti highets and its all set the,. screens i post are bmps i converted to jpeg useing it ...secondly its a free prog...http://www.irfanview.com
kongit
Reply #8 Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:42 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:42 PM
if you don't have irfanview, you need it. its by far the best little image editor available, and its free. If you aren't doing anything major its a God-send.
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dune2996
Reply #9 Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:33 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:33 PM
Thank you Ladies and Gentelmen.
I have irfanview but have not been using it, now I will, thank you, very, very much, this is the most wonderful community around.
So helpful, I wish you all happy skinning...PS if ever you need a favour from the UK, well IOU...
I have irfanview but have not been using it, now I will, thank you, very, very much, this is the most wonderful community around.
So helpful, I wish you all happy skinning...PS if ever you need a favour from the UK, well IOU...
HG_Eliminator
Reply #10 Friday, January 30, 2004 12:36 AM
Reply #10 Friday, January 30, 2004 12:36 AM
remember to get the latest version (3.8)i think. and thers plugins u can download too. id get the full package goin .. any extra tool u can have will make skinning that much easyer and fun
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:23 PM