<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> 2010-01-30T17:43:55Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/516/pixelart-with-the-apple-iigs/ <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Unfortunately, Fantavision format files are incompatible with everything except Fantavision, so if I was to do work with it, it'd have to be recorded in a traditional fashion or emulated. Now what would be AMAZING would be to set the monitor into monochrome white mode, do everything in white, record with actual film and then do 70's style gels overlay for that classic old-school CGI look. Which is actually what they would do.

Brainwave- you could do APPLE II MUSIC VIDEOS WITH THAT! WHAT! WAAAAAAAAA! *goes completely nuts*

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-01-30T17:43:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7993/#p7993 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> that video graphics program you have looks/sounds pretty cool.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/low-gain 2010-01-30T15:37:06Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7977/#p7977 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Woo!  I just had lots of fun with the video thing.  I took the rf from my atari 2600 and fed it into the program which has some interesting effects and I could produce some nice glitchy stuff!  However as I don't have a hardrive or anything right now I cant save images... I do have a printer though...  I played some games too and the graphics on some are really quite nice.  Like the opening screen on Bubble Ghost!  Also for another program I saw on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBL5q7Jy … re=related

Looks interesting!  I'm fairly excited to see where IIGS art can take us!  I'll see if I have any other random floppies laying about!  smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-01-30T05:14:51Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7953/#p7953 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> SWEET. Video digitizer= epic win. And if it gets super frustrating to use... sell it off and get a Micro Drive Turbo. smile

EDIT: and we DO need to do a score comparison on Crystal Quest. My scores aren't exactly fabulous. The guy I got my copy from has some crazy high scores I can't seem to beat, but I can go for over an hour without stopping. tongue

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-01-30T03:58:39Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7949/#p7949 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Hmmmm I can check what progs I might have for this...  Also we have to compare high scores in Crystal Quest!  I'm curious if a video digitizer could be useful in this situation as well - I have one of those too.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-01-30T01:13:02Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7929/#p7929 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> You have to go to COLR RANGE (Amga-R shortcut in Amiga) and set up a color gradien.

Then when you press TAB it cycles.
You can also use the CYCLE mode in Modes.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-01-28T02:40:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7503/#p7503 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Yes, it's supposed to have color cycle mode. Haven't found it yet.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-01-27T22:56:02Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7463/#p7463 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Fantavision did what Macromedia Flash stole years later and made popular big_smile

Regarding DP, from what I see, it has all the tools I am used to. Also, the menues (Mode is super useful for brush operations).
Did you check if it has a mode called "CYCLE"?
It should also have pattern fills and gradient creation/fills!


= AWESOME big_smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-01-27T21:56:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7440/#p7440 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Well, it looks as though I can convert from SHR to something else without too much difficulty. DP2 has the usual sorts of things you'd expect, but as I am no pixeling veteran or anything I can't say how faithful it is to the DP tradition. I can say that it's got the "usual" sort of performance you can expect with apps running on GS/OS 6.0.1. 8/16 Paint on the other hand... is blazingly fast. No mouse jerks, no slow redraws, nothing like that. Excellent for my pruposes, seeing as I'm not advanced enough to appreciate DP's shortcuts anyways.

Oh, and I have also found something neat: Fantavision. Animation program with simple vector graphics and... automatic tweening and transformation! On an apple IIgs! Yeah!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-01-27T21:46:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7437/#p7437 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> As long as you can convert to GIF or IFF you should be fine.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-01-27T19:52:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7408/#p7408 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> Um, I would say so. Bummer. Yeah, those accelerator cards are quite rare, and can cost more than all the other IIgs parts combined these days. Well, I'll load up DP2 then, it seems to be the de-facto standard then... although I'll still try 8/16 paint and see. The manual for DP2 is 32 megabytes, and I'll probably be needing it, since I haven't ever used it.

As for the outputs of said programs... I have no clue. I know the 8/16 paint program can output in all the standard .SHR (super high-res lawl)  formats, as well as Dos 3.3 text files which can be put into Applesoft basic. SHR can be converted to other formats too.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-01-27T19:30:59Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7403/#p7403 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> My uncle is a jerk, then, for giving away his tricked out IIGS for free, and not TO ME tongue

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-01-27T18:27:10Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7397/#p7397 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> akira^8GB wrote:

hard to find?


extremely, and when found.. $$$ priced  much much higher than the value of the IIgs is worth. '

]]> https://chipmusic.org/low-gain 2010-01-27T18:16:47Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7394/#p7394 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> What are the output formats of said graphics programs?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/low-gain 2010-01-27T18:16:07Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7393/#p7393 <![CDATA[Re: Pixel-art with the Apple IIgs?]]> The thing here is about certain functionality and shortcuts. to me DP is standard, and every pixelling program, must follow its steps and control scheme. I find myself banging at stupid DP shortcut keys in Photoshop and making a fool out of myself big_smile

Why don't you get an accelerator for your IIGS? hard to find?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-01-27T16:36:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/7381/#p7381