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ZiNgA BuRgA · 21/02/2010 09:07 PM

Interesting - it has a .jpg extension, but is really a PNG.
How'd you export it?

24-bit is basically the same as 32-bit, just without transparency. 16-bit probably won't help much, but IDK. Here's an 8-bit one - the edges are a bit jagged though, as it can't use the smoothing effects with your full colour image.
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Cirehpsa · 21/02/2010 09:19 PM

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Interesting - it has a .jpg extension, but is really a PNG.
How'd you export it?

24-bit is basically the same as 32-bit, just without transparency. 16-bit probably won't help much, but IDK. Here's an 8-bit one - the edges are a bit jagged though, as it can't use the smoothing effects with your full colour image.

I see... Thank you for explaining that for me... ^^

Hope this doesn't poo poo out like the png-8 that I made in photoshop.

oh yeah i don't really understand the jpg extension either it's just how tinypic works aparently... You go to save the image though and it saves as the orriginal state...

I moved all my pics there as I didn't have to worry about how much stuff I upload and about the bandwidth... Since they don't really have limits.

bloodangel619 · 22/02/2010 01:48 AM

Make your image in photoshop and try to work on the edges so they're really smooth and no extra color around them then convert the image from RGB to index (set the palette to local (selective) and lower the colors number as much as posible) then save your image as an 8-bit BMP now open your saved image with Paint.NET and just save it again as an 8-bit BMP (I DON'T NOW WHY BUT THIS WILL REMOVE THE WHITE BACKGROUND AROUND YOUR PICTURE WHEN YOU WANT TO SET IT AS A PICTURE WITH RCO EDIT) then in rco edit tick the option for make first color transparent an then just change the image you want with this image this image will take a very low resource l manged to make a 7 character slideshow with 7 Hugh icons in my theme which l might realse in a few days with this trick

WoobiE · 22/02/2010 02:28 AM

I'm a theme maker. You probably don't know me but feel free to see the things I have made. A piece of advice when making themes. It is best not to use images with a lot of curves in it. If so then try and include it into a box. I found that curves and round edges are never easy to work with. They tend to always need to be large file sizes to get best quality results. I'm not saying that you can't but you will find yourself in a dilemma trying to get it right.
I tend to just go with Photoshop and save as .PNG and that's it. No adjustments to 8, 16 or any of the other bits available.

Vegetano1 · 22/02/2010 03:00 AM

here is whot i did:

Loaded your png into PS then copy/past into new image

CTRL+select the layer to make a edge selection

go to the alpha channel en paint the selection white

copy the whole alpha channel and past into a new image(be sure to select RGB when making new image)

then make do image>mode>index color set to local(selective)>everything else at "none" and set color to 6 or 8 dep

now copy this image

now in your original image delete the alpha channel and make a new one, paste the indexed image into the new alpha channel

now go to image>mode>indexed color and set to local(selective) everything else to none and colors to 100 click ok

now goto image>mode>RGB

now save the image(32bit bmp) and load into rcoedit115 (set in options check "prompt before using a 32bit image") when you load the image and you get a prompt then it means the image is above 256 colors,. then you have to reindex color the image in PS so instead of colors to 100 try colors to 80

here is to tips:
this image you r using is very doable because its anime,. if you was to use a real photo you prob have to index color at 40 maybe 20 or so,. and the image would be crappy.

the RGB and alpha channel is mixxing the colors to it does't work like this: colors RGB + Colors alpha = 256
you can see this because the alpha colors are now 8 and the rgb colors are 100,. ...

anyway,. ;p here is the image i got to work,. its 8bit bmp i find this to be the best quality and very little resource.(but indexing is very tideous!)

.rar

2hn8h6xb.rar (Size: 27.63 KB / Downloads: 220)

Cirehpsa · 22/02/2010 01:47 PM

thank you all for your detailed explanations Yay

@ WoobiE I'm willing to put the time into this even though it's just a test.

bloodangel619 Wrote:l manged to make a 7 character slideshow with 7 Hugh icons in my theme which l might realse in a few days with this trick

That sounds really impressive… I only want to stick 4-5 maybe 6 pics since I can’t find enough pics of her and this theme won’t really have anything else that’s oversized, so yeah… sounds good!

Thank you for answering my questions Bow

so far.

Cirehpsa · 12/09/2010 08:56 PM

I seem to be having trouble moving the XMB down :/

I've looked at the bookmarks for vshmain and a few others that look like they could have an effect on the main XMB but couldn't find anything to do with the XMB's Y position, I only have the option to change the X position...

Blingeye

help please

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ZiNgA BuRgA · 13/09/2010 02:09 AM

You might be able to use this idea: http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthr...?tid=18475

Cirehpsa · 13/09/2010 01:42 PM

(13/09/2010 02:09 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: You might be able to use this idea: http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthr...?tid=18475

Why thk you ^^

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Punk777E · 13/09/2010 08:17 PM

Its been a while since I've attempted making a theme but you could use Photoshop and make a 480x272 (possibly bigger or smaller depending on what your doing) image placing the text where you want it to show up for the theme and then placing it in the place of the sub vsh icons (UMD, Memory Stick, etc;). Sorry, I'm not as good as explaining stuff as I am doing it. Then again this post might be completely useless cause I'm also thinking that doesn't fix your problem and then maybe it does but I'm sure someone will tell you something better.

Haven't been in the PSP scene since DA quit making firmware.

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