New Illuminati & Andorian Ships

[Atrocities]

I am well on my way to finishing the Andorian (http://www.astmod.com/images/andorian/Andorian.htm) and Illuminati (http://www.astmod.com/images/Illuminati/Illuminati.htm) ships sets.

The images are PNG not BMP so they might not looks as good on the web page as they do in actual.

The Illuminati Ships

http://www.astmod.com/images/Illuminati/Illuminati_Portrait_BattleCruiser.PNG Battle Cruiser
http://www.astmod.com/images/Illuminati/Illuminati_Portrait_Battleship.PNG Battleship
http://www.astmod.com/images/Illuminati/Illuminati_Portrait_Dreadnought.PNG Dreadnought

The Andorian Ships

http://www.astmod.com/images/andorian/Andorian_Portrait_BattleCruiser.PNG Battle Cruiser
http://www.astmod.com/images/andorian/Andorian_Portrait_Battleship.PNG Battleship
http://www.astmod.com/images/andorian/Andorian_Portrait_Dreadnought.PNG Dreadnought

Both sets will include some Neo Standard Images when they are done.

[ September 13, 2003, 15:19: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Fyron]

Why would they not look as good? The whole point of PNG is lossless compression so that they look EXACTLY the same as BMP. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Captain Kwok]

Hmm, they kind of look the same. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
Hmm, they kind of look the same. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They are loosely based on a simular ship design. But if you look you will see that they are differant in many regards.

And the Andorians and Illuminati current sets are exactly the same.

The new sets have ONE simular ship. The rest are all distinguished by their details.

One is Star Trek based the other is not. So having simular looking ships is perfectly ok. At least they are not exactly the same as the current sets are.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Why would they not look as good? The whole point of PNG is lossless compression so that they look EXACTLY the same as BMP. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I uploaded a PNG image to your image site and it looks all washed out and blended together. Really bad looking.

I am using one of the best imaging programs on the market to convert them from BMP to PNG and on my computer they look idential, however after uploading them they all look like bleed together pixalated JPEG's.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

webcomic artist's have complained that .png loses detail.

[ September 14, 2003, 03:36: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Fyron]

.png only loses detail if you do not know how to use an image converter. MS Paint in XP can save PNGs with 0 loss of color info/detail (as that is the only way it can save them).

[Atrocities]

Win some loose some.

[Jack Simth]

Could it be that some browsers don't display .png's well, rather than a flaw in the format itself?

[Fyron]

I don't think that is it, unless he is using some wacky browser. Both IE and Netscape display them fine (unless there is transparency; IE can not display PNG transparency layers correctly and instead makes those pixels grey). But, I know AT uses Netscape normally, so there must be some other explanation.

[primitive]

Andoran ships ? I know Switzerland has a navy, but Andora http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Just kidding, They look beautifull as always.

[Taera]

i still like the mostoriginal illuminati...

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Taera:
i still like the mostoriginal illuminati...<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Which one? There are currently two Version, the first one was a set using images I compiled from a 3d site. The second one was my first offical Doga set. This thrid one will be what I wanted the set to be in the first place. I do like the second set too, and hope it will stay in circulation.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by primitive:
Andoran ships ? I know Switzerland has a navy, but Andora http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Just kidding, They look beautifull as always.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'll fix the spelling later. I am too tired right now to bother with it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Taera]

the one that came first, i guess the one from compilation, and i liked the 2nd one too. this one looks a little... out of the style to me, for some reason.

[Atrocities]

Thanks. I like to think of it as eveloution. I too liked the 2nd set far more than the first, and I hope the new set will be as well received as the the send set.

After some reflection, replacing the second set with an all new set is kind of un-nessassary.

The Illuminati, UFA, Dopplegangers, and Starwolf were my first sets out side of the Star Trek crap. The Illuminati are special to me, and I want to make them more appealing, but I guess the old saying fits here, if it ain't broken why fix it?

Perhpas I can use the new ships for something else, or offer them as the Illuminati Chosen or something simular.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Illuminati 1, Illuminati 2.

[Atrocities]

No