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Request: STI Imaging Format Tool[message #12030]

Thu, 23 March 2006 03:05

Khor1255

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Registered:August 2003
Location: Pleasantville, NJ

When making .stis for Ja2 the two most common problems I've run into are getting the look of the faces right (that is to say the rather cartoonish look they have in their deep shadow lines and general layout) and the ever present colour palette problems.

I was wondering if any graphic artists (or just people who really know their way around imaging software) know of or could design a format that takes any picture and filters it into a Ja2 looking image. I know there are settings like Special Effects that can create a more cartoonish look to any image loaded in but I'm wondering if anyone has come across (or would like to create) a tool that automatically adjusts a picture to look more like a Sir Tech Image?

I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a way to add more colours to a Sir Tech Palette or a program that accurately represents what the colors are going to look like in a game of Ja2? I know the original developers must have used something to make their lives a little easier and I'm wondering if anyone knows what that is?

I've made some images I'm happy with but there has always been a long trial and error guessing game in getting the palette to look right and getting images to look like the rest of the existing .stis (in game images). This process would be so much faster (and thus more productive) if there were just a program to prep photos or .bmps before you work on them.

I'm interested in making all my new faces look compatable with existing faces so while I can get very acceptable images, getting them to look like Ja2 images is very much a trial and error.

Any ideas are welcome.

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		Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: Khor1255 on Thu, 23 March 2006 03:05
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 25 March 2006 21:27
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 25 March 2006 22:07
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: Khor1255 on Sun, 26 March 2006 14:42
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Mon, 27 March 2006 10:04
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 01 April 2006 09:38
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: Khor1255 on Sat, 01 April 2006 09:50
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 01 April 2006 19:24
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 01 April 2006 19:27
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Sat, 01 April 2006 21:17
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Thu, 06 April 2006 21:49
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: Bearpit on Thu, 06 April 2006 23:02
		Re: Request: STI Imaging Format Tool By: shed23 on Fri, 07 April 2006 00:05

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