Re: [Enigma-devel] New graphics

[Raoul]

> > > Question: how are the smaller images being generated? Are they 
> > > simply downsampled versions of the higher resolution graphics?
> > > (Just curious)
> > In this case, yes.  But it's important to note that I always start 
> > with a large image, and then size it down to each size needed and 
> > check to make sure each one still tiles well and do any sharpening or 
> > touch up needed. One thing I noticed when looking at some of the 
> > objects currently in the game - coins, spoon, key, etc. - is that 
> > they appear to all have started at the smallest size, and then that 
> > small image was enlarged as needed. You always lose some image 
> > quality when enlarging a small image.  It's always better to start 
> > big and then size down.
> Agreed. AFAICT some of those images were created when only the only 
> size available was the smallest,
> so the only thing that could be done to create the larger version was 
> to scal them up.
>
> One thing i will note: If you start with source images larger than the 
> end sizes, and those source images
> are still useful for creation of aditional images (Even though the 
> final images have been hand tweaked to
> appear properly) it is nice to include the original image.
> The use case for this is that it assists in the creation of new images.
> For example should somebody decide they wanted to create a floor tile
> that shows a smooth transition between the grass floor, and say a 
> metalic floor,
> having original images assists with that.
We will even store the original images in a special place in our svn 
tree called .../attic/gfx-templates.
There are some templates yet. Mostly the original GIMP files (.xcf).
> As for what to work on next. I'm not really sure.
> I would say the first priority would be any images that really don't 
> look good even at the smallest resolution.
> it-banana for example does not look that good even at 32x32.(Although 
> it is not horrible either)
>
> Then I would say look at those images that look really poor in the 
> 48x48 resolution. Many of those are images
> that were clearly scaled up from a smaller size.
>
> Perhaps somebody else has stronger feelings about what would be most 
> beneficial to work on next.
I think, many of the items need work. The most of them could need some 
more details (it-hammer, it-bag) etc.
And many haven't got their shadow. Some items are to big (it-pin, 
it-glasses-broken ...).

For the size, I would suggest to make the items not larger than 7/8 of 
the floortilesize.
For gfx40 with a tilesize of 40x40, this would result in items with 
35x35 px ...
Sure, there are some exceptions like it-trigger, it-brake and maybe others


-- Raoul