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- U S I N G G O D O T
- by Arndt Dettke
-
-
- First of all, I tried two
- variations on the GIF file you sent
- me. One is darker, the other light.
-
- This is what I did on dark
- version:
-
- - I took "mc.gif" as the image to
- process (it was the most promising one
- of those you sent)
-
- - I installed ldr.GIF (upper left
- hand) and mod.DecodeGIF (lower right).
-
- - I entered the "Balancing" options
- and lowered Brightness to -3 (clicked
- on the left arrow). Then increased
- Contrast to 6 (right arrow) and
- Accept-ed.
-
- - Then I entered the Load dialogue
- (clicked on the large "Load" button).
- There, I just hit "Load GIF".
-
- - After having retrieved the GIF I
- installed mod.RasterIFLI.
-
- - And Execute-d it.
-
- - Then I took at look at the result by
- clicking on "Display" (lower left side
- of the screen) which renders the image
- data to screen.
-
- - I noticed the monitor's colors
- (inside of the image) weren't matching
- a C64's colors yet. So I installed
- mod.ClipWorks (after leaving the
- graphics screen with the STOP key).
-
- - And Execute-d it.
-
- - I hit "Clip" and was presented with
- the graphics again. So I marked the
- monitor's screen (that one *inside*
- the image ;-) clicking on the upper
- left corner, leaving the mouse button
- alone, moving the mouse to the lower
- right corner and clicking again. This
- took me back to the ClipWorks options
- window, where I Accept-ed my setting.
-
- - To replace the mismatching colors I
- now entered the "Palette" options (on
- the left, part of "Color Controls",
- just below "Balancing"), clicked cyan
- in the upper colors bar (the "Pick"
- bar) and assigned cyan to white in the
- lower colors bar (the "Set" bar). The
- same went with light blue and light
- gray.
-
- - I again "Display"-ed the image (this
- time from within the "Palette" window;
- while this time only a little part of
- would be render, that part being the
- clip I set), all showing the chosen
- colors now. Whoopee. That was it. Left
- by
-
- - Cancel (to abandon the color
- settings)
-
- - Then I installed svr.Loadstar and
- saved the image as "mc-1" (the saver
- automatically adds ".shp")
-
-
-
- Now the bright version:
-
- Ok, the original image must be
- reloaded again, and ldr.GIF and
- mod.DecodeGIF have to be installed.
-
- - Then I entered "Balancing" again,
- this time setting Brightness to 2 and
- Contrast to 5.
-
- - Accept-ed
-
- - Inst-alled mod.RasterIFLI
-
- - Execute-d it.
-
- - Set "Exec Area" to "Full" to make
- sure I rendered the entire image (and
- not only the Clip that still was
- active).
-
- - "Display"-ed the image.
-
- - Noticed again the monitor inside the
- image being false colored.
-
- - Switched "Exec Area" back to
- "Clip".
-
- - Entered "Palette" again, set white
- to light blue (pick l.blue, set white)
- and light gray to blue (pick blue, set
- l.gray).
-
- - and "Display"-ed the clip (from
- within "Palette").
-
- - Noticed the Hands of the person in
- the image having white and yellow
- spots on them. So I left Palette with
- Cancel (again to abandon my color
- changes), and
-
- - entered ClipWorks again, to mark
- the two hands as a clip, which must
- be
-
- - Accept-ed
-
- - Back to Palette I changed white to
- light red, yellow to orange and
- Display-ed it.
-
- - Noticed the C64 inside the image
- being white in parts.
-
- - Entered ClipWorks to mark the front
- panel of the C64 inside the image.
-
- - Accept-ed that clip.
-
- - Entered Palette to change white to
- light gray. Displayed it. Left by
- Cancel.
-
- - Saved the result as "mc-2"
-
- And that is what I did.
-
- If you want it completely
- different: just describe HOW and I
- will try to show you how. ;-)
-
-
- Arndt
-
-
- [DAVE'S NOTE:] Thanks, Arndt. OK,
- LOADSTARites! Any takers on the above
- offer?
-
- From trial and error, I have found
- that the RasterIFLI Mod takes areas of
- colors not in the C-64's color palette
- and approximates with mixing pixels.
- Sometimes it helps, sometimes not.
-
- And setting the Balance/Contrast
- before loading the picture helps bring
- the colors into the C-64's range. This
- must be something one must learn by
- doing.
-
- Using GoDot is a matter of art --
- experimental art. As you can see, I
- got completely different results using
- different parameters.
-
- DMM
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