dune2996

Join Date 01/2004

Bitmaps to Jpgs advise please

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...

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Ignore it, as long as the master image is ok, that's all that matters

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kona0197

Join Date 02/2003

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i think skinstudio does a good job making previews for bootskins.

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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...

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CerebroJD

Join Date 01/2003

I convert to jpg with photoshop and save at the highest quality possible. Theres almost no loss.

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pixels. pixels. they're coming to get you.

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Fuzzy Logic

Join Date 05/2002

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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.

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

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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

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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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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...

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

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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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