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Bootskins?

March 14, 2004 12:33:14 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I was trying to make a bootskin and got it to work but the picture didn't look all that good. I just want to know if there's a trick to make them look smoother and clearer, beacause mine looked really grainy. Thanks, Richard
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Reply #1 March 14, 2004 8:17:23 PM
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patience and persistance. keep trying different methods of converting the pic to 4bit. You might have to do some major editting to make it look right. I suggest you don't try to just convert pictures to 4bit, but start out with 4bit in mind or set....just my opinion.
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Reply #2 March 15, 2004 6:43:54 AM
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No trick...just the limitation of a 16 colour palette....either keep the image simply coloured or monochrome and they won't appear as 'bad'.

Note also that some people 'cheat' with their previews and use higher colour resolutions on them....which is false advertising....their actual bootskins are just as 'poor' as any other...


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Reply #3 March 15, 2004 6:48:56 PM
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I have paint shop which I made some pictures with 4 bit 16 colour and they looked allright , but when I made a progress bar the same way it screwed the whole picture up. Do you have any idea why this would happen? Richard
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Reply #4 March 15, 2004 7:12:48 PM
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#3 by Richard Mohler - 3/15/2004 6:48:56 PM I have paint shop which I made some pictures with 4 bit 16 colour and they looked allright , but when I made a progress bar the same way it screwed the whole picture up. Do you have any idea why this would happen?/quote]

When you made the progress bar, did you use the exact same 16-color palette? The palette for the two items must be identical.
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Reply #5 March 15, 2004 8:14:20 PM
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I went ahead and tried it again today and everything works fine, " go figure". Guess yesterday wasn't a good day. Thanks, Richard
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Reply #6 March 16, 2004 7:35:43 AM
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Richard....the two images MUST use the identical palette.

That cannot be stressed enough...

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