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General Project Screenshot/Video Thread

Discussion in 'Engineering & Reverse Engineering' started by Tweaker, Jun 26, 2008.

  1. Tweaker

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    Uh, GUYS. This is a topic to post screenshots, not whine about the format used.
     
  2. This is certainly not the case with screenshots of old console games... Since they use very few colors and have many repeated tiles, PNG does a much better job out of compressing them, without any loss. Test for yourself.

    I just grabbed a random screenshot from this thread, and saved a perfect lossless 8-bit (although there were only 28 colors in the image) PNG in Photoshop CS3, and the resulting file was only 4.7KB. Then I tried compressing the same image with JPEG, and even with the quality set to 0 the minimum size I got was 9.8KB, and the image looked hideous.

    JPEG is only good for photographic images, it performs terribly with sprite-like images. It is not such a good way to prevent people from stealing your work either, since a high quality JPEG probably contains all the visual information a person needs to copy the image pixel by pixel, so it only slows down the stealing process a bit. Also, a ROM will eventually be released and people will have access to the art anyway...

    Sorry if I'm a bit off-topic, but I wanted to clear up the misconception that JPEGs are always smaller.
     
  3. Aquaslash

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    I can't get the blasted colors to work. D:

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    I'm gonna fix this...one of these damn days
     
  4. Sparks

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  5. roxahris

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    Okay, opinions on something...
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    Should I keep those sprites or just use Sonic 3 ones? The original spritesheet is here (The sheet doesn't say whether or not to ask the authors for permission, but if I have to let me know). Also, I haven't put all the sprites in yet, just a few (Standing, walking, running, and various others.)
    Also, how's the new HUD? I wanted to move lives, but it seems I can't go past the centre of the screen.
    EDIT: nineko: It's not a matter of being stupid, it's a matter of Kega saving images with filters instead of the actual raw image. (I had to take this screen with Gens)
     
  6. amphobius

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    Keep 'em Rox, I made you Super Sprites for a reason.
    The sheet says that you have to give credit to all listed (Nebula, Fox Omega, Nate, MetalKirby, Tie, TomSonic, Arachnefox and Daniel Sidney).

    The HUD is great too.
     
  7. stormislandgal

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  8. Quexinos

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  9. Zenor

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    Ignore the Underwater Background's colors(and the vines).
     
  10. DNX

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    Very early WIP of this unnamed Zone.
     
  11. SGR

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    That'll be fixed soon, hopefully. See those sparkling type of 8x8s? I plan to have that behind the emeralds.
     
  12. roxahris

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    Wow, that looks good. On a completely different note:
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    (Sorry about the size) I plan on making EHZ a more... waterfall-filled zone.
     
  13. Overlord

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    I tried that once in my hack with a waterfall that you ran back and forth across as you climbed higher - course the hack was shit so I never got the desired effect =P
     
  14. SGR

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    Thanks for critiquing. I'm trying to add variation to the level's art. What color would you suggest instead of purple?
     
  15. Hitaxas

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    I'd suggest a darker blue in place of the purple, but that's just me.
     
  16. Mastered Realm

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    The Coral Cave's colors are perfect...
     
  17. Flygon

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    I did that too but with abusing the non-death pit trick.

    Of course it was laggy as hell.

    But yeah, I do want to see more payout hacks, I like the idea with the waterfall.
     
  18. SMTP

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    Oh noes!


    Dunno if I ever showed hyper forms:

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    Sonic just needs his Palette changed.
     
  19. Aquaslash

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