The Blades of Avernum Graphics Database
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BoE Posse
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written Thursday, July 10 2003 04:13
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Hi everyone, For those of you interested in BoA and who are making graphics for BoA, I encourage you to submit your graphics to the Louvre, the BoA graphics database. See my sig below for the address. My goal is to compile enough graphics prior to the actual release of BoA so that aspiring scenario developers have plenty of ready-to-use graphics to choose from. -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, July 10 2003 08:38
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I expect this will be moved to the BoA forum. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, July 10 2003 09:42
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I don't think so; this is basically supposed to be an ad for a spidweb related page. In order for lots of people to read it, it ought to be in General. But it's up to the mods to decide...  Oh, and to keep with the topic of ads: Check out my cool advice for making sloping terrain on the Louvre!  -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Thursday, July 10 2003 10:19
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I got your PM, Brett, and already have something ready. Expect to get something from me in a few days.  -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Thursday, July 10 2003 15:47
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I hope the mods DON'T move it - I wanted to post to this forum to reach people interested in contributing to BoA - people who might not ever check the BoA forum. -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, July 12 2003 11:00
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The mods won't move it. Nobody around here messes with the BoE Posse .I can't draw to save my life, but I hope to contribute to the BoA community once the program's out. -------------------- KazeArctica: "Imagine...wangs everywhere...and tentacles. Nothing but wangs and tentacles! And no pants!" Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, July 12 2003 11:54
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Brett, I hope it's okay if I e-mail them graphics in .BMP, as my PSP has once again reached it evaluation time. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Monday, July 14 2003 07:44
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quote:Surely there must be a graphics conversion program out there? I'll do it if there is no other way, but I've already had complaints that my translation routines made the graphics "fuzzy and spotted," so I really appreciate receiving the graphics ready to go. -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 14 2003 08:45
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I use PSP6. It doesn't have an evaluation time. Stupid idea, if you ask me. But I'm not complaining. -------------------- My BoE graphics archive is finally getting started! Yay! I hope you like my graphics.My BoE Graphics An absurdly fun Flash game- Refridgerator Raid! --------- The Lyceum- A board for BoE. Yes it is. Really. Stop staring at me! Stop it, I say! Oh, sorry... Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, July 14 2003 10:18
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Oh well, I'll try to dig up some program, and send the files then.. By the way, I hope you don't care if the wallsets have no doors.. I'm terrible with doors.. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, July 14 2003 11:51
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BMP2JPG online converter Just go to the site, enter the location path of the file (on your own computer, it doesn't need to be uploaded!), or click choose to browse through the folders, then hit Convert, and you get a jpg file you can then save on your computer. It's jpg, but Brett takes those too I hear.  I couldn't find anything for gif.-------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, July 14 2003 14:00
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JPG is an attack on good taste when you're using graphics with a transparent color. Trust me on this one. -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Master Jeweller
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 01:23
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It is in general a bad idea to use JPEG whenever dealing with sprites (as opposed to backgrounds). This is because JPEG is NOT a lossless format (That's why it manages a to hit a 90% compression rate regularly). Which means that the sharp edges of your sprite will start to look fuzzy in JPEG (and editing them in JPEG format makes it worse). Try GIF. Or just ZIP'ing a BMP file. -------------------- Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heilighthum! Deine Zauber binden wieder, was die Mode streng getheilt, Alle Menschen werden Brüder, wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. Pieter Simoons aka Radiant Official Crystal Shard and SubTerra webpage Posts: 798 | Registered: Monday, December 17 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:51
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The online converter actually did not alter the pic in any way. No fuzzy edges, and no pixels. I suppose the background is not transparent, but that doesn't matter, you're going to have to convert it back to bmp - or whatever you mac people use - anyway before you can use it, so the background doesn't matter.-------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:54
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Transparency does matter a lot - that's why we use GIFs in the first place. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:59
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You can just repaint the background white when it's in bitmap form again. It's a little more work, but when there's no decent GIF converter anywhere... If there is, please give a link here, I would really appreciate one. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 15:07
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Google it, you damnfool. -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 15:20
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I tried that already and didn't find anything, or I wouldn't be asking for a link. I'm not that foolish, you know. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, July 15 2003 21:52
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Custer, I tried googling, but the machine hates me. All I got was nothing. Bah, I'll make one hill terrain and then force my Paint to work. Fast, hard. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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Master Jeweller
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written Wednesday, July 16 2003 02:01
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Actually JPEG may not change the picture in a visible way (that's the whole point) but it will change it anyway. Try subtracting the original pixel values everywhere, and you won't get pure black any more. A graphics convertor? I use kodak photo editor myself. But at jpeg.org you can download the sourcecode to a JPEG decoder, and it also has a program that converts several types of image to one another. -------------------- Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heilighthum! Deine Zauber binden wieder, was die Mode streng getheilt, Alle Menschen werden Brüder, wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. Pieter Simoons aka Radiant Official Crystal Shard and SubTerra webpage Posts: 798 | Registered: Monday, December 17 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, July 16 2003 02:21
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Here's a fine freeware program for you, TGM: Irfan View -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 16 2003 04:33
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Thank you ef, once again. You indeed are a sweet ladey. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |