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Stooopid_personCharter Member · 897 postsOct 28, 2002 3:47 PM

What's wrong? I know the scenery is a bit dark as I saved it .gif. If I saved in .jpg, the funny colour would change to another colour. -------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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RE: Colour problem, calr, Oct-28-02, 01:29 PM, (1) RE: Colour problem, LawrenceKellie, Oct-28-02, 04:25 PM, (3) RE: Colour problem, calr, Oct-28-02, 04:36 PM, (4) RE: Colour problem, LawrenceKellie, Oct-28-02, 04:59 PM, (5) RE: Colour problem, Stooopid_person, Oct-29-02, 05:31 AM, (7) RE: Colour problem, Stooopid_person, Oct-29-02, 10:08 AM, (8) RE: Colour problem, baldwin, Oct-28-02, 04:08 PM, (2) RE: Colour problem, sniper297, Oct-28-02, 05:34 PM, (6) RE: Colour problem, homer13j, Oct-29-02, 11:04 AM, (9) RE: Colour problem, Stooopid_person, Oct-30-02, 04:13 AM, (10)

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calrCharter Member · 1428 postsOct 28, 2002 6:29 PM

RE: Colour problem

Since the picture is so dark, it is impossible to understand what you are talking about. Incidentally, whether you save in .gif or .jpg, the picture should appear the same.Please explain further what the problem is and show a better picture, if you can.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, ORColumbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 track about 80% complete. Scenery about 5%)

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LawrenceKellieCharter Member · 2171 postsOct 28, 2002 9:25 PM

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>Since the picture is so dark, it is impossible to understand
>what you are talking about. Incidentally, whether you save
>in .gif or .jpg, the picture should appear the same. This is incorrect, Cal. If you save as a jpg, and save with high compression (to reduce the size of the file), there is significant degradation in the picture, even to the point of making a color change as the original poster stated.Lawrence

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calrCharter Member · 1428 postsOct 28, 2002 9:36 PM

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Ok, Lawrence, I'll spot you that one. With normal compression (~75% of original), there isn't much difference.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, ORColumbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 track about 80% complete. Scenery about 5%)

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LawrenceKellieCharter Member · 2171 postsOct 28, 2002 9:59 PM

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>Ok, Lawrence, I'll spot you that one. With normal
>compression (~75% of original), there isn't much difference. Generally. Lawrence

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Stooopid_personCharter Member · 897 postsOct 29, 2002 10:31 AM

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-02 AT 05:35 AM (EST)

If you want a clearer picture, I will have to upload the .pcx or .bmp file(to my website of course). And here is the .jpg, you can't see the colour problem and the HUD(F5) clearly.-------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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Stooopid_personCharter Member · 897 postsOct 29, 2002 3:08 PM

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-02 AT 10:19 AM (EST)

Here is the .pcx file, 727kb.
http://acnova.com/hosted/trainmad//scrgrb135.pcx
I don't think .pcx files show up.-------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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baldwinCharter Member · 116 postsOct 28, 2002 9:08 PM

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OK. You are running early morning and it is raining. You have a rake of Intercity mark2 or 3 with a mapping or some other texture problem that only shows in the dark and maybe only from that angle.

mervyn@madasafish.com

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sniper297Charter Member · 3795 postsOct 28, 2002 10:34 PM

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-28-02 AT 05:35 PM (EST)

Jpegs do wierd things sometimes with compression, I had a similar problem with green changing to black with makeace. The three worst offenders are 00FF00 (green) FFFF00 (yellow) and FF0000 (red). The only thing I found that helps is changing the color balance or brightness & contrast so the red, for example, changes from FF0000 to FB1717 or something. Looks to me like you need to crank the gamma up on that anyway.

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homer13jMember since Sep-25-02 · 14 postsOct 29, 2002 4:04 PM

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-02 AT 11:06 AM (EST)

GIFs are limited to 216 colors. To solve the color problem, save it as a JPG.

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Stooopid_personCharter Member · 897 postsOct 30, 2002 9:13 AM

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So could you get back to the topic and tell me what's wrong?-------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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