graphic design contest

Author	Topic: graphic design contest
bigblue Warrior Member # 4778	written Friday, August 13 2004 23:42 Profile Homepage #0 can anyone tell me some more details about it? the olympia link doesn't work, so i can't find out more. i only figured out, where i should send my graphics, but not in which format (gif/jpg...) and what happens to the graphics? are they published and shared? -------------------- www.bigblue.de.gg BoA graphics and more Posts: 188 | Registered: Monday, July 26 2004 07:00
Mortimer Shock Trooper Member # 643	written Saturday, August 14 2004 00:09 Profile #1 Im guessing the graphics are shared publicly, these contests are usually used to get artists to start pumping out graphics to use. Which is a good idea. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 14 2004 00:39 Profile Homepage #2 GIF is a good format to send graphics in. JPG is a bad idea as it tends to ruin fine detail. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Mortimer Shock Trooper Member # 643	written Saturday, August 14 2004 01:48 Profile #3 I always thought it was the other way around, as jpg's are used for pictures with numerous colours while gif's where used for minimal colours. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00
Tristrana BANNED Member # 4623	written Saturday, August 14 2004 05:28 Profile Homepage #4 The left one is in GIF-format. The right one, in JPG. You might want to download them and take a closer look, and you'll see what Thuryl meant with that "JPG ruins detail"-thingy. No wait, you don't necessarily have to, the JPG one looks screwed enough already. ^_^ Also, yes, the distortion (or whaev) CAN be avoided by using the highest quality compression (see PhotoShop), but that'll, in the long run, not only make slightly good images (compared to good GIFs), but they're sizes would be like double of the sizes of GIFs. [ Saturday, August 14, 2004 05:33: Message edited by: Manuel the Maleman ] -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 417 | Registered: Sunday, June 27 2004 07:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Saturday, August 14 2004 07:14 Profile #5 JPGs reduce the file size on normal compression, but are designed to be lossy. Not good for detailed graphic files. GIFs are supposed to be lossless when you only have 256 or less colors. Otherwise it will start to try to make guesses about color. I don't think you'll use that many colors in a single graphic, though. DO NOT use MSPaint for GIF conversion, it only supports the standard 256 colors. PNG can achieve an even higher level of compression and is lossless at up to 24-bit color. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
Tristrana BANNED Member # 4623	written Saturday, August 14 2004 11:28 Profile Homepage #6 PNG also makes TM's life a hell, which is why the graphic contest files should be sent as GIFs. Anything else? -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 417 | Registered: Sunday, June 27 2004 07:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Saturday, August 14 2004 11:56 Profile #7 What's wrong with PNGs? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
bigblue Warrior Member # 4778	written Saturday, August 14 2004 14:18 Profile Homepage #8 ok, i'm thinking of sending my few custom graphs to TM and to the louvre. can i sent them as a .sit-file? or does it have to be a .zip? i'm on mac -------------------- www.bigblue.de.gg BoA graphics and more Posts: 188 | Registered: Monday, July 26 2004 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 14 2004 14:38 Profile Homepage #9 PNGs are generally good, but file size can be a little unpredictable and some people can't use them. TM has a Mac, so .sit should be fine for compression. [ Saturday, August 14, 2004 14:39: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00