Opry99er Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Some more images converted. A couple of these new ones turned out very nice! TREKDSK1.zip 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Nice! Even though you showed me how to do it(I don't ever use it) I am amazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Some more images converted. A couple of these new ones turned out very nice! Very nice, very well done! Now (in the spirit of always wanting more), if you made the program to automatically change images after 10 seconds or so... ... and automatically cycle though all images in the directory... ... so when you make more for us... ... sorry, could not help myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 I definitely plan on doing more... as far as making it a screensaver---that will have to be given some thought. The current XB output for Convert9918 is hard coded to look for a key press. I'll see what I can do, but no promises 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Actually there is no need to waste your time on that Owen. Tursi wrote << THIS PROGRAM >> a while back. Users with F18A & TIPI's will get the most out of it, but it works with stock video and drives as well. PeBo posted a bunch of pics for it too << HERE >> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Hey! Nice work! Back in 1989 I bought some of the Star Fleet Technical disks at a computer fair. They're long gone though. Anyhow you will quickly surpass what was on those. I made a bitmap mode, proportional font, text-only Starfleet Officer Exam with about 80 multiple choice questions. It doesn't have any pictures. Maybe we could combine things together? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Interestingly, I have written a 25 question TNG trivia quiz for this project as well. Some are simple questions, some are a bit more esoteric. I imagine this project will expand and grow over the next few months... right now it's just me scratching an itch---but it may become something substantial if I can keep my focus. Depending on what form this takes, I think adding your program in to this thing would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) I've been trying to get a good conversion on two pictures I have of a Romulan Warbird. Believe it or not, it's tough to get green and black to render cleanly using the Box filter in standard 9918 bitmap mode. I've also found this same issue with yellow and red (on a picture I have of Data and Spot). There's quite a bit of red bleeding into the yellow, and attempts to adjust the Luma and Gamma yield mixed results... ultimately ending up in me looking for another picture to convert. Not having a real brown or orange in our palette is interesting.... While I have flawless conversions using the F18 options, standard palette conversions are proving difficult on images which require these colors. I am enjoying the challenge. Edited January 26, 2019 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Try reducing the error distribution counts, and/or increasing the percentage of Max Color Shift (always in 1 percent steps, a tiny bit goes a long way). Reducing the values in the error distribution but preserving the ratios will decrease the spread of color error while preserving the pattern (anything that totals less than 16 will discard error. A total greater than 16 will amplify it!) Changing the color shift will let the converter shift the colors closer to the TI palette before it begins converting, it can sometimes help. The scaling filter mostly just affects how blurry the rescale is. I tend not to adjust that one most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Hey FarmerPotato. Could you send me the program you wrote? I'm excited to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Try reducing the error distribution counts, and/or increasing the percentage of Max Color Shift (always in 1 percent steps, a tiny bit goes a long way). Reducing the values in the error distribution but preserving the ratios will decrease the spread of color error while preserving the pattern (anything that totals less than 16 will discard error. A total greater than 16 will amplify it!) Changing the color shift will let the converter shift the colors closer to the TI palette before it begins converting, it can sometimes help. The scaling filter mostly just affects how blurry the rescale is. I tend not to adjust that one most of the time. On it. I'll see what I can do with this tonight. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On this image for the F18A I really dialed up the Luma emphasis and Gamma correction. Klingon Battle Cruiser F18A Version.zip 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Yeah, the F18A version can do good things--that Bird of Prey looks nice. I'm sticking with stock consoles for this project though... I've started working with the error distribution a bit more, and I think I'm finding a groove. This style is starting to feel like a winner. I may go back and re-do the Picard and Troi pictures because I think I can get a bit more definition. So far, the ones I feel most comfortable with are Worf, Geordi, Locutus, the second Enterprise pic, and now I'm really digging the look of the Warbird. I like them because they really LOOK like bitmapped 9918 graphics, and the textures feel like home. Edited January 27, 2019 by Opry99er 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Here's a fun one. Not as clear as I wanted it to be, but with the contrast between light and dark I had to overcome, it came out alright. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On this image for the F18A I really dialed up the Luma emphasis and Gamma correction. this looks like a scene from Star Trek IV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Here's a fun one. Not as clear as I wanted it to be, but with the contrast between light and dark I had to overcome, it came out alright. Actually pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 nice, dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/after-dark-star-trek-the-next-generation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 That's the one!!!!! Now I just need an OS9 machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodland Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Do you have a Windows PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Maybe, but I surely do. Edited February 5, 2019 by BuckoBrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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