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Youth
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 40 |
Retropixels online image converter
Hi, I put the first version online of a web interface to my tool retropixels: https://www.micheldebree.nl/retropixels
I did not create a release because it has no binaries, and I plan to continuously update the tool. So I thought I'd post it here and see if I get any feedback/bugs/suggestions. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1627 |
Suggestion: Make it possible to move the source image slightly left/right/up/down with cursor keys or something, to be able to fiddle a bit with conversion results for a particularly important part/detail in the image. |
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Youth
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 40 |
Quote: Suggestion: Make it possible to move the source image slightly left/right/up/down with cursor keys or something, to be able to fiddle a bit with conversion results for a particularly important part/detail in the image.
Thanks, this is high on my wishlist aswell |
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Cupid
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 83 |
Very cool. Is the code on GitHub to contribute? I could help with the nudging and moving bits. |
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Youth
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 40 |
Quote: Very cool. Is the code on GitHub to contribute? I could help with the nudging and moving bits.
I suppose it is. If you stay in the web component I see no harm. The core component I would like to refactor quite a bit, so be careful with that.
If you decide to fork please stay in touch, so we don't both work on the same feature :)
The nudging issue: https://github.com/micheldebree/retropixels/issues/58 |
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Cupid
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 83 |
The results are pretty amazing.
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Zore
Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 6 |
Quote: Suggestion: Make it possible to move the source image slightly left/right/up/down with cursor keys or something, to be able to fiddle a bit with conversion results for a particularly important part/detail in the image.
That's a pretty amazing tool. Great having it in a browser. Thanks for creating and sharing it. +1 |
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Monte Carlos
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 351 |
Thank you. Now, I have a koala version of my shoe. I tried this on my phone. Here, the sliders were a little bit tight, though. Probably due to internet connection. |
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arch0N
Registered: May 2006
Posts: 12 |
Quote: Suggestion: Make it possible to move the source image slightly left/right/up/down with cursor keys or something, to be able to fiddle a bit with conversion results for a particularly important part/detail in the image.
Fantastic job! I've been experimenting with my own converter, but it requires alot of manual tweaking. Your tool is one of the most impressive converters I've seen. It would be awesome to have the option to manually edit a 4x4 dither pattern, perhaps with diagonal lines or scanlines, to add a personal flair. However, the algorithm is already excellent in its current form. Kudos! |
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spider-j
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 445 |
Yep, best converter there is imho. I did all the converts for The End is nAIgh! in this one. Only adjusting a few tiny things before or afterwards in GIMP. |
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mankeli
Registered: Oct 2010
Posts: 110 |
Seems to work pretty well. Would it be possible to make it create workstages too? ;) |
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NoiseEHC
Registered: Feb 2005
Posts: 51 |
Quote: Seems to work pretty well. Would it be possible to make it create workstages too? ;)
:)))
Let me ask a remotely connected question if I may: What does it mean to "wire a graphics"? I guess it means converting, but why "wire"? |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 933 |
Quoting NoiseEHC:)))
Let me ask a remotely connected question if I may: What does it mean to "wire a graphics"? I guess it means converting, but why "wire"?
I think it relates to this activity, wiring:
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2845 |
Quoting HeinQuoting NoiseEHCLet me ask a remotely connected question if I may: What does it mean to "wire a graphics"? I guess it means converting, but why "wire"? I think it relates to this activity, wiring I've always thought that the term was coined when people used to send converted pics from PC to C-64 over a parport->userport cable contraption. (Or some null-modem kind of thing, ofc.) |
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Youth
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 40 |
Good to hear people are using retropixels :)
I am having some trouble maintaining the web version, and reworking to solve that is not very high on my priority list I'm afraid. Development on the command line version is quicker, so I could add the custom ordered dither pattern to that.
https://github.com/micheldebree/retropixels/tree/master/cli |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 933 |
Quoting KrillQuoting HeinQuoting NoiseEHCLet me ask a remotely connected question if I may: What does it mean to "wire a graphics"? I guess it means converting, but why "wire"? I think it relates to this activity, wiring I've always thought that the term was coined when people used to send converted pics from PC to C-64 over a parport->userport cable contraption. (Or some null-modem kind of thing, ofc.)
You're probably right. I must have this nostalgic idea about the whole conversion / wiring thing. |
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ws
Registered: Apr 2012
Posts: 228 |
NoiseEHC: very good question!
I simply assumed "wired" was related to the term "wireframe". Like a relic of an old-fashioned term for transcoding analog information to the digital realm. Which in my mind seemed perfectly valid because converting from the pc to the c64 world is almost an information phase transition like A/D.
Surely, it is digital to digital, but "you don't simply convert to c64". At least until recently. :-D |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2845 |
Quoting wsan information phase transition like A/D What? :) |
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spider-j
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 445 |
Quoting YouthI am having some trouble maintaining the web version, and reworking to solve that is not very high on my priority list I'm afraid.
That's unfortunate. The web version with preview is very nice (not to say crucial) for me as a "non-graphician" that doesn't really know what he's doing :-)
Anyway: thanks for your tool so far and keep up the good work! |
