Snake Rattle N Roll

[80sGamer]

Hi Folks,

I have a request for you.  The NES Snake Rattle N Roll "US CUSTOM" case has the wrong measurements for it for the Universal Game Case.  The "Canadian Custom" art seems to be right but the US art appears to be 3 times larger than any of the other cover art that I have downloaded for the Universal Cases.

I have attempted to reduce the size through various paint applications and it seems to always degrade the picture quality. 

Is there any way you guys would be willing to re-post Snake Rattle N Roll US Custom art to the right size to accommodate the Universal Game Case.

Thanks guys,
80sGamer

[Jeremy1976]

do you have photoshop?

[80sGamer]

Hi Jeremy1976,

I do not have Photoshop unfortunately.  Does photoshop allow you to alter the image without causing artifacts or pixalation?  What can I use if I don't have photoshop?  Do you know of a freeware program that will work just as good?

Thanks,
80sGamer

[Jeremy1976]

you can get free copies of photoshop...just google it.  You can alter the size of the covers and keep it from distortion.  

I think segagamer had a link to a free version at one point but Im not sure its still available

[80sGamer]

Thanks Jeremy1976, I'll look into the free photoshop software.  In the meantime I just gave in and used the Canadian artwork that is half written in French  :-)  oh well, better than nothing for now and the spine matches the rest of my cover art. Red Nintendo Logo with white background.  Maybe by the time I get the freeware and fiddle with the artwork long enough someone will have reposted the correct size artwork to the site anyways  :-)

Thanks again,
80sGamer

[sheep2001]

I suspect the reason you are getting artifacting when resizing it, is because the image is actually showing the wrong dpi.

I can almost guarantee that the image in question is actually the right size, just the header has somehow got messed up, and dpi reduced from 300 to 96, and, this has therefore scaled the dimensions up.  To get it back to the right size, you need to reduce the size, and increase the dpi at the same time. This should retain all the information within the image, without actually physically changing it.  Just reducing the dimensions, it will remain at 96dpi, and will be terrible quality scaling.

[Jeremy1976]

I suspect the reason you are getting artifacting when resizing it, is because the image is actually showing the wrong dpi.

I can almost guarantee that the image in question is actually the right size, just the header has somehow got messed up, and dpi reduced from 300 to 96, and, this has therefore scaled the dimensions up.  To get it back to the right size, you need to reduce the size, and increase the dpi at the same time. This should retain all the information within the image, without actually physically changing it.  Just reducing the dimensions, it will remain at 96dpi, and will be terrible quality scaling.

I looked at it in photoshop and you are correct

[80sGamer]

I suspect the reason you are getting artifacting when resizing it, is because the image is actually showing the wrong dpi.

I can almost guarantee that the image in question is actually the right size, just the header has somehow got messed up, and dpi reduced from 300 to 96, and, this has therefore scaled the dimensions up.  To get it back to the right size, you need to reduce the size, and increase the dpi at the same time. This should retain all the information within the image, without actually physically changing it.  Just reducing the dimensions, it will remain at 96dpi, and will be terrible quality scaling.

I looked at it in photoshop and you are correct

Sheep2001,

Thank you very much for pointing this out !!!  Jeremy1976, I was able to look up segagamer's posts and found a free copy of Photoshop.  I went in and compressed the image down but this time was able to keep the 300dpi image intact thanks to Photoshops capabilities.  I tried doing this with Gimp but I couldn't figure out how to adjust the image size and the dpi separately.  I now have a good USA cover art for Snake Rattle N Roll !!!  Thanks again guys for your help, I really appreciate it !!!

80sGamer