drpeter Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Rybags said: my Altirra setup is running PAL but using an NTSC palette ? You can change/tweak the Altirra palette under [View] -> [Adjust Colours].... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Yeah - I think the issue is I've got VBXE enabled which seems to make it ignore any palette setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauro Rodriguez Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 19 hours ago, amarok said: Rottweiler puppy, 25 colors. amarok_puppy.xex 22.07 kB · 18 downloads Amazing Convert , i like a lot 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Fields Of Gold 'You can tell the sun, in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold...' 28 colours. drpeter_FieldsOfGold.xex 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 @drpeter Ahhh just what we need given the time of year.......nice image - the golden colours have come across amazingly well......good job. This one is going in my favourites folder for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Fields Of Barley 'So she took her love, for to gaze a while Among the fields of barley: In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold.' 20 colours. drpeter_FieldsOfBarley.xex 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 1 hour ago, drpeter said: Fields Of Barley 'So she took her love, for to gaze a while Among the fields of barley: In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold.' 20 colours. drpeter_FieldsOfBarley.xex 21.86 kB · 4 downloads Nice! Proving that it's not just the number of colors, but the composition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Golden Sunset 'Many years have passed since those summer days Upon the fields of barley; See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold!' 29 colours. drpeter_GoldenSunset.xex 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauro Rodriguez Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 What a nice record from Sting - Fields of gold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Barley In Mist 'You'll remember me, when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley; You'll forget the sun, in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold...' 21 colours. drpeter_BarleyInMist.xex 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 7 hours ago, drpeter said: Golden Sunset 'Many years have passed since those summer days Upon the fields of barley; See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold!' 29 colours. drpeter_GoldenSunset.xex 22.17 kB · 14 downloads I think you're on to something here: these have just the right amount of dithering. Possible to add the same type of dithering to "Fields of Gold"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, MrFish said: I think you're on to something here: these have just the right amount of dithering. Possible to add the same type of dithering to "Fields of Gold"? Dithering is always a tricky one to judge- it can both add to and detract from an image, and some people just hate it. I added heavy knoll dithering (either 2.0 or 3.0 strength) to the last 3 images essentially because they all (especially Fields Of Barley and Barley In Mist) had large areas of subtle gradient across the sky. Fields Of Gold has a bit less of that in the sky, and just has enough light (0.4 strength) jarvis dither applied to break up some of the small areas (such as the pink/orange bushes behind the figure) that were otherwise just flat colour and to lightly break up the edges of the gradients in the sky. I will rerun Fields Of Gold with heavy knoll dithering and show you how it turns out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 55 minutes ago, drpeter said: Dithering is always a tricky one to judge- it can both add to and detract from an image, and some people just hate it. Yes, I've done a lot of processing myself (even though I've only posted a few here). I prefer to preprocess my conversions in Photoshop, and add the dithering there, where I have more control over it. 55 minutes ago, drpeter said: I added heavy knoll dithering (either 2.0 or 3.0 strength) to the last 3 images essentially because they all (especially Fields Of Barley and Barley In Mist) had large areas of subtle gradient across the sky. Fields Of Gold has a bit less of that in the sky, and just has enough light (0.4 strength) jarvis dither applied to break up some of the small areas (such as the pink/orange bushes behind the figure) that were otherwise just flat colour and to lightly break up the edges of the gradients in the sky. Yes, I can see that there is less of an issue between gradients on Fields of Gold than in the others; but there are a few areas I think could benefit from a bit of dithering -- particularly in the sky and areas around the sun. 55 minutes ago, drpeter said: I will rerun Fields Of Gold with heavy knoll dithering and show you how it turns out... Thanks... maybe even some level of dithering that's in between heavy and what was initially used on Fields of Gold might work. Note, that I think Fields of Gold is a good conversion already, but may be able to improve. Obviously, adding dithering can cause RastaConverter to choke on being able pull things off -- with an image that processed fine otherwise. So, I realise there's a possibility it would end up degrading rather than enhancing the conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 8 hours ago, Mauro Rodriguez said: What a nice record from Sting - Fields of gold I also really like Eva Cassidy's version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) Ketevan "Katie" Melua (born 16 September 1984) Both, no auto-tune, no melodyne. Just pure talent. Edit: Let's do a Rasta conversion Edited October 25, 2021 by ivop 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, ivop said: Both, no auto-tune, no melodyne. Just pure talent. ... or follow the hyperlinks in the titles of the conversions for these and other versions ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 5 hours ago, MrFish said: Thanks... maybe even some level of dithering that's in between heavy and what was initially used on Fields of Gold might work. Note, that I think Fields of Gold is a good conversion already, but may be able to improve. Obviously, adding dithering can cause RastaConverter to choke on being able pull things off -- with an image that processed fine otherwise. So, I realise there's a possibility it would end up degrading rather than enhancing the conversion. I have messaged you with the original image, so you can have a play with it, if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 One of my first... output.xex 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beeblebrox Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) @GravityWorm Nice... so gratifying isn't it when you first start to generate these? This one is great, very vibrant. Just to say there is a naming convention for Rasta conversions posted on this thread, (eg prefix an image with your AA username and a file name). So Gravityworm_Frog1 or something like that. Helps others keep track of the posted images. Are you using the Rastacoverter GUI front end incidentally? Edited October 28, 2021 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: @GravityWorm Are you using the Rastacoverter GUI front end incidentally? No, just command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 GravityWorm_Road01.xex 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 @GravityWorm nice. Just outta interest do you do any pre image prep reducing the colour pallette or source image size before running through RastaConverter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: @GravityWorm nice. Just outta interest do you do any pre image prep reducing the colour pallette or source image size before running through RastaConverter? The only thing I always do is cropping and reducing the resolution to 320x240. I try different things. Several, like edits, color correction (reducing saturation) hanging contrast brightness, many, many things. But sometimes I do nothing, just find the right photo. Edited October 29, 2021 by GravityWorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) Also I have to mention those images are screenshots from the emulator Atari800, default color settings. If someone has an 8bit Atari plugged to a CRT TV and can send a photo of their screen, you are welcome. Another one. GravityWorm_Field01.xex Edited October 29, 2021 by GravityWorm changing the file name, corrected spelling 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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