+Stephen Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 My spirit animal, and my current attitude (f**k off). 52 colours. Stephen_SpiritAnimal.xex 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 20 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said: Hey thanks for the NTSC conversion ! Quick question though, is this a screenshot using Altirra with the display maxed out ? On my 1200XL it looks like this ? I also tried it with Altirra set to duplicate Atari video and it looks the same ? 1200XL: Wow!!! That picture looks fantastic on the 1200XL - the screenshot from my post is from the Rasta converter. After the conversion I loaded it in Altirra. Have you upgraded the 1200xl video to S-Video? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Spanish Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 2 minutes ago, Atari8man2004 said: Have you upgraded the 1200xl video to S-Video? Yes I did. Good to know it looks as it should ! I love it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said: Hey thanks for the NTSC conversion ! Quick question though, is this a screenshot using Altirra with the display maxed out ? On my 1200XL it looks like this ? I also tried it with Altirra set to duplicate Atari video and it looks the same ? 1200XL: Try to adjust contrast and brightness of the TV/monitor to get blacker black. Altirra palette kinda uses 100% black black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmsc Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hi! On 4/3/2024 at 12:32 AM, GravityWorm said: Thank you! It worked! But the exe fie is smaller 🤔 rastaconv 169928 rastaconverter 7928920 This is because the version you compiled uses the allegro library installed in your system, original one had it embedded in the binary (was statically linked). Have Fun! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Happy Clown II Colors: 62 Plus src Atari8man_NTSC_Happy_Clown_2.xex Atari8man_PAL_Happy_Clown_2.xex 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 10 hours ago, Atari8man2004 said: Happy Clown II Colors: 62 Plus src Atari8man_NTSC_Happy_Clown_2.xex 20.41 kB · 4 downloads Atari8man_PAL_Happy_Clown_2.xex 22.12 kB · 4 downloads Jack Nicholson as the Joker? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 42 minutes ago, GravityWorm said: Jack Nicholson as the Joker? It's not but looks alot like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Space Movie 1 Collaborate work! @drpeter and me palette: altirra.act 43 colors! GravityWorm_and_drpeter_SpaceMovie001CRT.xex Edited April 5 by GravityWorm I had to shut down my browser during rendering of a CRT simulation to free memory... In the middle of writing this post 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 City Park 2 Colors: 71 Plus src Atari8man_NTSC_City_Park_2.xex Atari8man_Pal_City_Park_2.xex 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Alien King colors: 81 plus src Atari8man_NTSC_Alien_King.xex Atari8man_PAL_Alien_King.xex 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Alien Xenomorph Hybrid Colors: 35 plus src Alien_NTSC_Xenomorph_Hybrid.xex Alien_PAL_Xenomorph_Hybrid.xex 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 hours ago, GravityWorm said: Space Movie 1 Collaborate work! @drpeter and me palette: altirra.act 43 colors! GravityWorm_and_drpeter_SpaceMovie001CRT.xex 19.85 kB · 2 downloads Realy good work on the face. Faces always give me problems. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, Atari8man2004 said: Realy good work on the face. Faces always give me problems. I was focused on face and on the reddish parts on the top @drpeter helped a lot to remove artifacts (errors), and they still did appear. I'm using new version of Rasta Converter... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 5 hours ago, GravityWorm said: 8 hours ago, Atari8man2004 said: Realy good work on the face. Faces always give me problems. I was focused on face and on the reddish parts on the top @drpeter helped a lot to remove artifacts (errors), and they still did appear. I'm using new version of Rasta Converter... Good timing on this post. I just had an issue getting decent results from an image last night. Removing the background made a big difference. The final test will be just the dog. I expect a pretty good conversion there. I absolutely love this image - the groomer's head looks absolutely tiny next to this dog. Attempt 1 - 77 colours. I am not satisfied with this one, but I am posting it so a direct comparison with the better version can be done. Stephen_TwoRedsAttempt1.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Attempt 2 - 55 colours (this will also show that a higher colour count does not always make for a better conversion). Stephen_TwoRedsAttempt2.xex 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 @Stephen perhaps run the version 1 attempt with a mask. Will generally get better results. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 11 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: @Stephen perhaps run the version 1 attempt with a mask. Will generally get better results. Thanks - I still struggle with creating masks which is why I rarely use that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Stephen said: Thanks - I still struggle with creating masks which is why I rarely use that option. Masks are dead easy. I use them for all my conversions. Edited April 6 by Beeblebrox 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I used this guide, made by @amarok RastaConverter-workshops.pdf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Guy with Ravens palette: altirra.act Only 14 colors! I did spend dozens of hours on this image. Literally dozens! A lot of pixel painting, manipulations, edits, etc... I also used mask on face and hands and the whiteish shirt... GravityWorm_Guy_with_Ravens.xex Edited April 6 by GravityWorm 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Returning to the trouble image, I split it into two pieces. Dog only - 35 colours. Stephen_Take3_DogOnly.xex 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Final one in this series, the better half of the image, girl only - 51 colours. Stephen_Take3_GirlOnly.xex 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 20 hours ago, GravityWorm said: @drpeter helped a lot to remove artifacts (errors), and they still did appear. I'm using new version of Rasta Converter... Just to clarify for @Sheddy's peace of mind, there were no artifacts in the sense of things that Rasta thought should display differently due to errors in emulation- there were just areas in which, due to the limitations of the semi-random choices of the Rasta optimisation algorithm and the Atari hardware, a few simple hand-tweaks of the bitmap & kernel visibly improved things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari8man2004 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Ant Colors: 50 Plus src Atari8man_Ant_NTSC.xex Atari8man_Ant_Pal.xex 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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