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Cover Quality Discussion
Azarkhel:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ia0gvsrcs5d9rdt/MarPSF_CLEAN.png
larryinc64:
Almost done with the retail cover. If anyone wants to type up the back copyright info and description, a image is HERE
Lets further this discussion over in the SNES Cover Topic.
Rx_79:
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on July 08, 2013, 12:28:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rx_79 on July 08, 2013, 11:57:19 AM ---I just want to add something that I didn't know was happening. In hopes to prevent some problems that I encountered. If you are use gimp always watch the image quality when you save. Sometimes gimp, for what ever reason will save a image at less quality. So you might start with a high quality image but end with something of far less quality. Just make sure the slider stays at 100% every time you save.
Gimp is free so I guess you get what you pay for.
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If you are saving as a .JPEG, that is also with Photoshop. JPGs are compressed, so the image will lose quality. I always save as a PNG, no quality loss.
Think of it this way:
PNG - WAV or FLAC
JPG - MP3
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I think that's one of the things new cover makers dont know. Heck I didnt. Because of that alot of my earlier made covers suffered that fate.
e_brugal:
--- Quote from: Rx_79 on July 11, 2013, 10:28:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on July 08, 2013, 12:28:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rx_79 on July 08, 2013, 11:57:19 AM ---I just want to add something that I didn't know was happening. In hopes to prevent some problems that I encountered. If you are use gimp always watch the image quality when you save. Sometimes gimp, for what ever reason will save a image at less quality. So you might start with a high quality image but end with something of far less quality. Just make sure the slider stays at 100% every time you save.
Gimp is free so I guess you get what you pay for.
--- End quote ---
If you are saving as a .JPEG, that is also with Photoshop. JPGs are compressed, so the image will lose quality. I always save as a PNG, no quality loss.
Think of it this way:
PNG - WAV or FLAC
JPG - MP3
--- End quote ---
I think that's one of the things new cover makers dont know. Heck I didnt. Because of that alot of my earlier made covers suffered that fate.
--- End quote ---
I didn't knew that, i always save in JPG format :-\, i will start saving in PNG format
tiktektak:
--- Quote from: e_brugal on July 11, 2013, 03:34:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rx_79 on July 11, 2013, 10:28:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on July 08, 2013, 12:28:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rx_79 on July 08, 2013, 11:57:19 AM ---I just want to add something that I didn't know was happening. In hopes to prevent some problems that I encountered. If you are use gimp always watch the image quality when you save. Sometimes gimp, for what ever reason will save a image at less quality. So you might start with a high quality image but end with something of far less quality. Just make sure the slider stays at 100% every time you save.
Gimp is free so I guess you get what you pay for.
--- End quote ---
If you are saving as a .JPEG, that is also with Photoshop. JPGs are compressed, so the image will lose quality. I always save as a PNG, no quality loss.
Think of it this way:
PNG - WAV or FLAC
JPG - MP3
--- End quote ---
I think that's one of the things new cover makers dont know. Heck I didnt. Because of that alot of my earlier made covers suffered that fate.
--- End quote ---
I didn't knew that, i always save in JPG format :-\, i will start saving in PNG format
--- End quote ---
Jup that's one reason though jpg artifacting is only marginally visible at hg settings.
Still I always scan as a TIFF and work in photoshop as a psd. Still in the end you have to go the jpg. route as we only host those due to space issues.