Is a high resolution version of bootskin still going to happen?
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 by Mangy_Cur | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #3 Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:05 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:15 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:19 AM
| it will probably be called BootSkin Plus and cost between $10 and $20 |
So what? And the problem is ????
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(Notwithstanding Jafo's comment about likelihood of it actually happening
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Reply #6 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:24 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:22 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:14 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:50 PM
Reply #10 Friday, October 22, 2004 1:01 AM
| yeah, if they could get bootskin to do at least 256 |
The work required most likely has no relationship to the number of colours. If (for example) the driver only supports 16 colours and you want more, then it's a driver rewrite regardless.
Reply #11 Friday, October 22, 2004 11:45 AM
| The work required most likely has no relationship to the number of colours. If (for example) the driver only supports 16 colours and you want more, then it's a driver rewrite regardless |
Hey The Windows XP Default Drivers have support greater than 16 Colors.
And Besides if 9x can do it then XP Can Also
Reply #12 Friday, October 22, 2004 1:17 PM
| Hey The Windows XP Default Drivers have support greater than 16 Colors |
Prolem is, Windows isn't loaded yet when Bootscreen is displayed.
Reply #13 Friday, October 22, 2004 2:56 PM
Reply #14 Friday, October 22, 2004 5:19 PM
Reply #15 Friday, October 22, 2004 10:19 PM
| And Besides if 9x can do it then XP Can Also |
9x = DOS + GUI
XP is quite different. I'll take the word of the programers at Stardock.
| I didn't like the 16 color crap with BootXP and I definitely didn't like it with Bootscreen either. |
You're just spoiled
I reckon some of the screens are pretty amazing given the limits imposed on them.
Reply #16 Saturday, October 23, 2004 3:23 AM
Reply #17 Saturday, October 23, 2004 7:52 AM
| As with any skin proggy....the trick is to push its limits to extract the best 'mod' possible....not just churn out yet another second-rate version of the default setup |
My point exactly.
| You're just spoiled I reckon some of the screens are pretty amazing given the limits imposed on them. |
Bait not taken.
Reply #18 Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:56 AM
Chas...I mean that the trick to a good skin is to push the limits of the proggy's capabilities.
Think 'Antares' in WB....and not some Luna clone made popularly droll by so many...
Reply #19 Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:43 AM
I guess I look for graphic quality myself and therefore tend to lean towards programs that actually promote that idea, such as wallpapers, windowblinds and logon studio. To me, 16 color images are a pixelated mess.
I guess the probelm is that it will take a lot of programming work to achieve the 256 or full color Bootscreen. And if people are having unresolvable issues with the current bootscreen version, it would be a mess trying to sell/support a full color version. And as a result, those who don't have those issues are left out using a great program and idea that will never see the light of day. Oh well...
Reply #20 Sunday, October 24, 2004 8:18 AM
Chas.....image 'quality' need not be dependent on colour depth at all.
There is no reason why a bootskin image in 4 bit cannot be clever and effective....it's just that 'stolen' images of Britney's boobs in 24 bit will not adapt well to 4 bit which is why the section is moderated for such.
To do a 'half decent' job within a skin limitations....be it 4bit colour or fixed image placement a-la WA 2x requires a little 'talent' on the part of the artist/skinner, and not some 'twit' grabbing the first image he/she sees and claiming it's a bootskin.
What I dislike is those people who insist on misrepresenting their bootskins by providing full-colour previews in an attempt to fool the downloader into thinking they are good when infact they are not.
Sure the image is a jpg and therefore 16 million colours...but when it's reduced to 16 and gets seriously degraded it means they cheat, and that's indefensible....and the sign of a poor talent.
Winamp 'skinmaker' skins....aka 'photoskins' are the same thing....some weedy skin application tool fakes it for the newbie and we get Britney's dumb head on a skin for the umpteenth time. Eventually they will learn to actually create the images from scratch [hopefully] cos they're not accepted here.
The difference between 'pushing limits' and not is the difference between 'Antares' and some dopey default Luna recoloured to purple/whatever and uploaded as if it is something 'new'....
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 12, 2004 1:04 PM