+CharlieChaplin Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 How about converting some Roger Dean album covers (Asia, Yes, etc.)... ?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 How about converting some Roger Dean album covers (Asia, Yes, etc.)... ?!? They are on the way. i already have those and others in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 206 mil. evaluations. 87 colors. That artwork was SO "borrowed" for use on the 2600 Space Invaders box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 (edited) Asia-Arena 586 mil. evaluations. 71 colors. Iron Maiden: Run To The Hills 450 mil. 80 colors. I almost didn't post the Iron Maiden one, I think I can get it done better. Note: Images I post that are in the 100's of million evaluations I could have stopped most under 100 million with similar results, I'm just letting them run over night, that's all. AsiaArena.xex IronMaidenRTTH.xex Edited May 11, 2017 by Gunstar 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 That artwork was SO "borrowed" for use on the 2600 Space Invaders box. I don't think I'd ever seen it until here (less common box shown as it has less of the top of the pic cut off)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 There's more where that came from... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 That's a bit sad actually - here we've been all these years complementing Atari's great box art (even when the game inside was utter crap) and here's 2 that are obvious plagiarism. Have to wonder just how many more weren't original works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Roger Dean Chrono Quest.xex 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Fu Manchu California Crossing. 257 mil. evaluations. 72 colors. FuManchuCA.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I assume Gunstar's long-term goal here is to create a RastaConverter image with more colors than his current seizure-inducing sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 That's a bit sad actually - here we've been all these years complementing Atari's great box art (even when the game inside was utter crap) and here's 2 that are obvious plagiarism. Have to wonder just how many more weren't original works. Remember that Atari, especially in the 70's, was a bunch of hippy-nerds that smoked pot, tripped on LSD and drank mass qauntities, and I'm sure while they were inventing new hardware (like Atari Video Music System) and software like Missle Command and Centipede, they were listening to the music from bands such as these, and it's understandable that they might get inspired in the art department (even if that wasn't actually in-house), from album covers of what they were listening too. It's the times and the culture and mentality of the people behind this stuff. And we are talking about artists, tripped-out, stoned, drunk artists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 That's a bit sad actually - here we've been all these years complementing Atari's great box art (even when the game inside was utter crap) and here's 2 that are obvious plagiarism. Have to wonder just how many more weren't original works. The 2nd (Yars) one isn't as obvious IMO. Sure, they're in a similar pose but the rest of the details don't line up like in the Space Invaders pic. Anyway, as Einstein (supposedly) said, "The key to originality is hiding your sources." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 This one is to make up for the last Iron Maiden image that I probably should of held off on. I'll revisit it in the future, in the mean time, here is Iron Maiden "Cyborg." 476 million evaluations. 68 colors. IronMaidenCyborg.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 This one is to make up for the last Iron Maiden image that I probably should of held off on. I'll revisit it in the future, in the mean time, here is Iron Maiden "Cyborg." 476 million evaluations. 68 colors. Awesome! Good work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I don't think I'd ever seen it until here (less common box shown as it has less of the top of the pic cut off)... yeah. we discussed the same thing on our little forum too! http://atari.boards.net/thread/1140/atari-games-rock-album-covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 63 million evaluations. 41 colors. Quadalignment.xex 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Here is the longest running conversion I've done yet, simply because I forgot it was running for a couple of days! Though it is no better than the last time I checked on it when it was at about 60 million evaluations, I left it running at that point hoping the clouds to the left of the Pyramid would get better, which they did not. Once more proving to me it's not how many evaluations, but starting out with the right settings to get similar results in 50-100 million evaluations. 1 billion, 144 million evaluations. 30 colors. SphinxPyramid.xex Edited May 23, 2017 by Gunstar 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) Yes: Ascension. 841 million evaluations. 102 colors. Yes: The Ladder. 102 million evaluations. 71 colors. These were done at the request of Charlie Chaplin. I really don't care for the subject matter myself, compared to the much more imaginative Asia album covers. YesAscension.xex YesLadderD.xex Edited May 29, 2017 by Gunstar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I don't get it - there's no way it looks like 102 colours, if I was asked I'd say half or less. But I saved and used IrfranView and it confirms 102. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) I don't get it - there's no way it looks like 102 colours, if I was asked I'd say half or less. But I saved and used IrfranView and it confirms 102. You have to understand that many of those colors may only be represented by a single pixel, even, the YES name is a rainbow of colors. Plus, these images are ALWAYS more colorful looking on a real Atari than in an emulator or the .png image. I see colors in every picture I do when I view them on my 1200XL, that I do not see at all in the .png image or outputs images generated by Rastaconverter, the colors are obviously there in those pictures as Infraview sees them, but they just don't show up in picture as good as they do on my Atari. Maybe they also show up in the emulators, I don't know, I never use them, I'm assuming they look just like the .png image I post, when viewed in Altirra. Besides, I get the numbers straight from Rasta and Infraview. I guarantee any numbers I use are accurate. Below is a screen shot of the image on my 1200XL, though still not as good as the real thing in person. Edited May 29, 2017 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I was surprised it was 102 colors too. I mean it's only working off a pallette of 128 colors and there doesn't seem to be any of the 8 black to white gray scale colors so somehow it's using 102 colors out of 120 colors. Yup, I was surprised. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) UFO Defense (from Gerry Anderson's U.F.O). 75 million evaluations. 69 colors. Ex-naut 53 million, 41 colors. UFODefense.xex exnaut.xex Edited May 29, 2017 by Gunstar 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Dave 2001, 152 million evaluations. 48 colors. Dave2001b152.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) Dave 2001, 152 million evaluations. 48 colors. Gunstar, would you please post notes on how you do these fabulous conversions? My own conversions A) mostly never work having noise everywhere and bands of wrong color or B) almost work but one or two ugly details (even when using a details mask) never clean up or C) I use too strong dithering and the pictures aren't very appealing or D) process unendingly never even getting close to rendering a suitable picture. -SteveS p.s. That said, my pictures of late have been improving. I might even have a few good enough to post. Edited May 31, 2017 by a8isa1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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