GravityWorm Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 4:27 PM, Beeblebrox said: On 11/7/2021 at 3:43 PM, GravityWorm said: Ah the artefact is a very well known issue to do with the player repositioning bug. They can be individually manually stripped from the output XEX. @drpeter has kindly done this for me a few times and had created a tutorial mentioned here. I did read it about 3 weeks ago, but did not try to do a manual fix. Maybe someday I'll; try.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, GravityWorm said: I did read it about 3 weeks ago, but did not try to do a manual fix. Maybe someday I'll; try.... @GravityWorm Neither have I. DrPeter kindly did it fo me a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 @GravityWorm btw here are the palettes for Rastaconverter. I think you would just unzip them into the palettes folder. The GUI front end for Rastaconverter is here somewhere on the topic thread and I highly recommend it to make it easier, (IMHO) Palettes.rar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 My tribute to MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. A frame from his last race today ("grazie" means thank you). 61 colors Philsan_ValentinoRossi.xex 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 GravityWorm_mask01.xex 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 8 hours ago, GravityWorm said: GravityWorm_mask01.xex 22.01 kB · 7 downloads @GravityWorm Fantastic vivid colours there. Gold against the blue looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) Okay, as mentioned back in post #3573 last week I've loadsa previously unposted rastaconverted images from back in the Spring and Summer I am revisiting/resuming. (Again as with most of us we are uber self critical of the majority of our own conversions and a lot we dismiss first time around. Looking back of some of those I'd done and discounted at the time I realise they ain't so bad. So I am gonna start posting some of them. Some I am also resuming the conversion for, as I save all the files for each just in case I want to start running them again. So here is the first. Filename: Beeblebrox_hulkrage1smincomplete8.xex 49 unique colours. I ran this till 1.05bill evals. Lil tip - don't criticise it.. it makes me angry... you wouldn't like me when I am angry! (Lil Hulk line there... just in case you thought I was being an Ar$e ...heh heh!!) Beeblebrox_hulkrage1smincomplete8.xex Edited November 15, 2021 by Beeblebrox 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 GravityWorm_castle01.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 @GravityWorm Hey just wanted to show you how great the Tut mask image looks running on my 800 (PAL) and LG LCD Tv monitor, (double sheilded S-video cable from Hercules workshop btw). Gold colours look great. You really nailed that one! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Beeblebrox said: Hey just wanted to show you how great the Tut mask image looks running on my 800 (PAL) and LG LCD Tv monitor, (double sheilded S-video cable from Hercules workshop btw). Gold colours look great. You really nailed that one! Nice! It works on a 1979 hardware! You need to get an CRT monitor! Those colors are made up by me in 100% First I turned that photo to grayscale and then I added the colors. Manual work, a lot of. Edited November 16, 2021 by GravityWorm I corrected spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickJock Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: Heh, heh - green power light. Nice. ? Edited November 16, 2021 by StickJock typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 hours ago, GravityWorm said: Nice! It works on a 1979 hardware! You need to get an CRT monitor! Those colors are made up by me in 100% First I turned that photo to grayscale and then I added the colors. Manual work, a lot of. @GravityWorm that's great - it's really paid off! I am more than happy with this particular LCD. I would like to buy a CRT in some respects - had a Philips 15" back in the day. However aside cost I have absolutely zero room for one on the desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, StickJock said: Heh, heh - green power light. Nice. ? @StickJock thanks - I need to pop a higher limiting resistor on the power board for this LED as it is wayyyyyy too bright (You can see it from space heh heh!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) Another one from back in the summer. Was never quite happy with it at the time and kept on running it. Ran to 1.79bill evaluations in the end. Dug it out today and resumed it from when I last ran it for a good few hours. I think this is as good as this particular run is gonna get. Some detail missing lower left of middle image which annoyed me. I also should have probably ramped up the contrast, saturation and possibly gamma for the original source image more than I did. Might revisit it at some stage and start again, probably with more solutions and also the Atari800winplus pallette rather than the Altirra one. Reds aren't as intense as I'd hoped. (This also had some jarvis dithering which I guess I thought might help at the time). Filename: Beeblebrox_Crysissmincomplete13.xex 52 unique colours Beeblebrox_Crysissmincomplete13.xex For the record here was the conversion so you can see the source, some of the conversion details, etc: Edited November 16, 2021 by Beeblebrox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 Now we have two beautiful images of Tutankhamon. The first one was made many years ago by @MARIO130XE There are new users here who may not have seen it. Mario130XE_Tutankhamon.xex GravityWorm_mask.xex 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) One from back in May. Had high hopes for this one and had held back posting as had imperfections I wasn't happy with at the time. (Mainly across her back and trailing arm, and square shading I was trying to process out on her jaw line. (Damn I really wanted to get rid of that right angle shade!!)). Worth posting now as still quite a nice conversion. Skins tones not too bad and quite a nice colour contrast with the blonde hair against the blue background. Altirra pallete, Yuv colour dist, no dithering, 8192 solutions. (Would run it with Atari800winplus pallette and much higher solutions if I ran this again, prob with some more pre-processing of the source image beforehand). 1.17 billion evaluations 69 unique colours Filename: Beeblebrox_blondechainsmincomplete19.xex Beeblebrox_blondechainsmincomplete19.xex Edited November 17, 2021 by Beeblebrox 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Another from May. This one has really annoying brown horizontal banding in the lower background, and her arms have some chunky shading I never could get rid of on this run. Some imperfections on the face.Thankfully being an Evil Dead character her blood soaked clothes actually detract from some of the imperfections. Altirra pallette, Yuv colour dist, 10000 solutions, no dithering 1.3 billion evaluations 32 unique colours Filename: Beeblebrox_Evildeadladyeditsm2ndincomplete5.xex Beeblebrox_Evildeadladyeditsm2ndincomplete5.xex Edited November 17, 2021 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Yet another from May that's just been sitting in a folder. Try as I might the lines along the top of the sunglass frames and in the lens just never worked their way out which is why I dismissed it initially. I was hoping the blacks were going to come through to replace the dark greens to the left of the image too. Various other issues with it that weren't going to resolve meant I left it at this stage. Plus the norm dist number just didn't budge after a while. I kinda like the greens against the blues of the lenses. The reflection in the lower lens is supposed to be a palm tree btw. Altirra pallette, Yuv colour dist, 10000 solutions, no dithering 676 million evaluations 59 unique colours Filename: Beeblebrox_sunglasses2smincomeplete4.xex Beeblebrox_sunglasses2smincomeplete4.xex Edited November 17, 2021 by Beeblebrox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) I so wanted this one to work back in the Spring. Mainly because it's an iconic image but also real skin tones are a particular challenge to convert. It was my 2nd run attempt at it. I realised given the resolution we are limited too and the fact I'd not cropped it tightly, her face was never gonna look too great. I also didn't want a source image that was too cropped as I wanted to get as much of the body in frame as possible. In the end I compromised to get a balance. Frustrating banding issues with the arms and issues with the stomach area. Dodgy eyes too heh heh. I also only had 8000 solutions and after a while it wasn't going anywhere, hence why I stopped fairly early on. May well revisit this one again sometime starting from scratch. General colours and skin tone not too bad though, plus her hair kinda worked out ok. Really needed the power of the force on this one heh heh. Altirra pallette, Yuv colour distance, no dithering, 8000 solutions. 267 million evaluations 41 unique colours Filename: Beeblebrox_princessleiasm2ndincomplete3.xex Beeblebrox_princessleiasm2ndincomplete3.xex Edited November 17, 2021 by Beeblebrox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) For fans of the Witcher, this really early conversion is one from April when I was just starting out with Rastaconverter, and is a lesson in what happens when you are too heavy with the contrast. I really cranked it up in the proprocessing of the source image and then again too much in RC itself. So it ain't perfect, especally the details lost in the darker areas and the eyes, so it looks fairly odd around the right side of the face. It is also not framed at all well as an image, (I think I was trying to get as much of the sword in the frame)! Also only 2048 solutions was used. Still it does have some redeeming features. I quite like how the skin tones turned out, shading has worked fairly well and tones in the beard and hair are quite effective. Altirra, Yuv colour distance, no dithering, 2048 solutions 317 million evaluations 39 unique colours Filename: Beeblebrox_Geralstatuscrop1smincomplete4.xex Beeblebrox_Geralstatuscrop1smincomplete4.xex And yes the name is a typo - was supposed to be Geralt. Edited November 17, 2021 by Beeblebrox 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 @Philsan Thanx for posting the other image of the Tut's mask! @Beeblebrox Now you can see how fake me colors are. So fake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 17 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: @Beeblebrox Nice! Awesome chainmail and sword, but the face has a little to much contrast for my taste. On a CRT could be better. I'm planing to use my emulator (Atari800) with an CRT TV, when I get some furniture replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, GravityWorm said: @Beeblebrox Nice! Awesome chainmail and sword, but the face has a little to much contrast for my taste. On a CRT could be better. I'm planing to use my emulator (Atari800) with an CRT TV, when I get some furniture replaced. @GravityWorm sure - I agree re contrast - read my post notes again for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Beeblebrox said: 8 minutes ago, GravityWorm said: @GravityWorm sure - I agree re contrast - read my post notes again for it. Oh, of course I did not read it. After reading it... Indeed You wrote about the contrast. LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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