+Philsan Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Goldrake, 160x240 pixels, 78 colors. Philsan_Goldrake.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 ilmenit_face_dw.xex ilmenit_face_sa.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R4ngerM4n Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Just wow! Really impressing guys. The colorful glasses are incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 ilmenit_orca.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 ilmenit_orca.xex Wow - stunning pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 From c64: west.xex 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 From c64: west.xex Where can I find the original C-64 koala file of this? I want to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Where can I find the original C-64 koala file of this? I want to experiment. Over here. =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Another "animated" image: Illusion_3, 160 x 240 pixels, 81 colors Philsan_Illusion_3.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hello there, I converted an image of EuroBasket 2013 mascot called Lipko. EuroBasket 2013 is/was hosted in my homeland Slovenia. Our Slovenian team took 5th place. We wanted a medal, but France was better. Better luck for us next time. Maybe on World Cup Basketball 2014 in Spain RastaConverter picture: Original picture: Lipko got name from the tree called lipa. Nice mascot. lipko.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Is there a Vbxe version available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Is there a Vbxe version available? That would be pointless in my opinion... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Agreed - one of the problems with VBXE colour changes is that there are 3 load/store operations minimum to change a colour. Make that 4 or 5 if palette and/or entry # needs to be changed. Ideally an addition to the Blit to allow palette loading would have been nice but the core is somewhat full and not much can be added. Next best solution is to use the colour map which allows all 4 palettes to be in use in a display. Then you reload a palette while the other 3 are being cycled through. It can be a somewhat expensive operation re Ram and CPU although of course VBXE Ram could run the code. 6 cycles * 3 components * 256 colour entries = 4,608 cycles to reload a palette which equates to about 44 scanlines if there's no DMA stealing going on by Antic other than Refresh. But realistically the expenditure vs gain is somewhat high. You can get pretty good realistic representation by simply putting the image into Photoshop or equivalent, posturizing the pic down to 6 or 7 bits per RGB component then reducing to a 256 colour palette, then use that palette for the entire pic on VBXE. I guess if you wanted to put in the effort you could razor the pic into chunks and use a seperate palette for each part, e.g. something like a mountain + plains + water type of scene might lend itself well to such a technique. But it's somewhat out of scope with what Rastaconverter does and would be deserving of a seperate utility. Edited October 25, 2013 by Rybags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarixle Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 How do I make .xex' out of that what RastaConverter puts out (I know, I did it before, but it absolutely doesn't work anymore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 How do I make .xex' out of that what RastaConverter puts out (I know, I did it before, but it absolutely doesn't work anymore) Copy the output files to generator folder and run the bat file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Agreed - one of the problems with VBXE colour changes is that there are 3 load/store operations minimum to change a colour. Make that 4 or 5 if palette and/or entry # needs to be changed. Ideally an addition to the Blit to allow palette loading would have been nice but the core is somewhat full and not much can be added. Next best solution is to use the colour map which allows all 4 palettes to be in use in a display. Then you reload a palette while the other 3 are being cycled through. It can be a somewhat expensive operation re Ram and CPU although of course VBXE Ram could run the code. 6 cycles * 3 components * 256 colour entries = 4,608 cycles to reload a palette which equates to about 44 scanlines if there's no DMA stealing going on by Antic other than Refresh. But realistically the expenditure vs gain is somewhat high. You can get pretty good realistic representation by simply putting the image into Photoshop or equivalent, posturizing the pic down to 6 or 7 bits per RGB component then reducing to a 256 colour palette, then use that palette for the entire pic on VBXE. I guess if you wanted to put in the effort you could razor the pic into chunks and use a seperate palette for each part, e.g. something like a mountain + plains + water type of scene might lend itself well to such a technique. But it's somewhat out of scope with what Rastaconverter does and would be deserving of a seperate utility. RybagsConverter anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Portland Bill (nr. Weymouth, UK) I was quite pleased with this picture as it's distance was only 1 point something with default values and 32 solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarixle Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 ok, thank you, it works (again): atarixle_golf.xex 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 what is best options/steps for making nice pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenit Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 There are no best options. Otherwise the other options could be removed. Everything depends on the picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealgorithm Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 May be a bit offtopic here, but i implemented LAHC and SCHC options in my image/Video compression tool CSAM Super. http://csdb.dk/release/?id=127248 Ilmenit, perhaps you can incorporate SCHC hill climbing (that may work better) in RastaConverter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Inspired by Dire Straits Money For Nothing music video, in 1990 I made a 3D animation with Amiga (384x576 pixels, 4096 colors). I converted a frame: 160x240 pixels, 42 colors. Philsan_Robot.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Such a long time since I've tried one of these... have chosen something having recently watch the 'Dollhouse' series. ~40Mil iterations using a 2D dither having 'prepared' the image in GIMP. dewitt_adelle.zip dewitt_adelle.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 In memory of Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger (5 February 1940 - 12 May 2014), I repost a 160x240 pixels 10 shades of grey conversion. Philsan_Alien.xex 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 from me alien.xex.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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