billyro Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) I still don't really understand, but I think I'll just upload it anyway. I don't know why the 300dpi is so important - the criteria should state a minimum pixel dimension, not a dots-per-inch requirement... :confused: Ah well, nothing I can do about it. Increasing the resolution of the image just makes it blurry, and that would probably be worse to hand in than an under-sized image. Based on an example image I got in the assignment, I'd say I'm probably just under the required size. EDIT: YESSS!!! New Vegas Enhanced Camera just got released! Ohhh yeahhh.......... yesssss............... EDIT 2: Victory is mine? It's been over 6 hours... Edited March 19, 2014 by billyro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K00L Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 EDIT 2: Victory is mine? It's been over 6 hours... Not anymore! :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iv000 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I discovered the "SRS WOW effects" filter in WMP12. If there was any reason for me to switch to any other music/video/media player, there is none now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasTheory Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I still don't really understand, but I think I'll just upload it anyway. I don't know why the 300dpi is so important - the criteria should state a minimum pixel dimension, not a dots-per-inch requirement... :confused: Ah well, nothing I can do about it. Increasing the resolution of the image just makes it blurry, and that would probably be worse to hand in than an under-sized image. Based on an example image I got in the assignment, I'd say I'm probably just under the required size. DPI is something you set on your printer. Ink-jets and lasers easily meet this requirement, but dot-matrix printers - the ones with the bars that oscillate left and right - tend to be low resolution, outputting less than 300DPI. Places like OfficeMax specify 300DPI as a minimum requirement for printing artwork so quality isn't negatively affected, so it's kind of like a rule of thumb. In my opinion, the assignment meant PPI, since you are submitting this all digitally; a supplementary set of pixel or inch dimensions would have been ideal. However, I don't know if you were supposed to interpret these dimensions from the example you mentioned. tldr: You're probably fine since the image was fairly large pixel-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iv000 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://kotaku.com/leaked-images-reveal-one-of-this-falls-two-assassins-1547111652?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyro Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) I still don't really understand, but I think I'll just upload it anyway. I don't know why the 300dpi is so important - the criteria should state a minimum pixel dimension, not a dots-per-inch requirement... :confused: Ah well, nothing I can do about it. Increasing the resolution of the image just makes it blurry, and that would probably be worse to hand in than an under-sized image. Based on an example image I got in the assignment, I'd say I'm probably just under the required size. DPI is something you set on your printer. Ink-jets and lasers easily meet this requirement, but dot-matrix printers - the ones with the bars that oscillate left and right - tend to be low resolution, outputting less than 300DPI. Places like OfficeMax specify 300DPI as a minimum requirement for printing artwork so quality isn't negatively affected, so it's kind of like a rule of thumb. In my opinion, the assignment meant PPI, since you are submitting this all digitally; a supplementary set of pixel or inch dimensions would have been ideal. However, I don't know if you were supposed to interpret these dimensions from the example you mentioned. tldr: You're probably fine since the image was fairly large pixel-wise. Alright, thank you. :smile: That just leaves one more image, and then I'm done with this assignment. :dance: Edited March 19, 2014 by billyro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 This moving thing is for the birds, its taking to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyro Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I just found my new reference for sword designs. These swords are just... perfect. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17250/? I'm going to download that when I get home and see just how this was accomplished, because that's the quality I strive to create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindekarr Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I just found my new reference for sword designs. These swords are just... perfect. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17250/? I'm going to download that when I get home and see just how this was accomplished, because that's the quality I strive to create. When you're creating something it also helps to have a strong point of reference. In Victory, you make your own race cars. Despite my experience and huge knowledge base, my first few cars were really unsuccessful. I was able to correct this by studying actual historic racing cars, and now mine are some of the most dominant designs in that game-I'm in the world top 50. Good luck with that, what you've been so far has already been impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyro Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) I just found my new reference for sword designs. These swords are just... perfect. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17250/? I'm going to download that when I get home and see just how this was accomplished, because that's the quality I strive to create. When you're creating something it also helps to have a strong point of reference. In Victory, you make your own race cars. Despite my experience and huge knowledge base, my first few cars were really unsuccessful. I was able to correct this by studying actual historic racing cars, and now mine are some of the most dominant designs in that game-I'm in the world top 50. Good luck with that, what you've been so far has already been impressive. Thanks, Vindekarr. :smile: I have about 5 really nice images stored which I frequently reference for shape and colour - they have helped me improve immensely. I've been obsessive about medieval weaponry since I was a kid, and pretty much every school book from about grade 4 onwards have been practically decorated with random swords I've drawn. I think I've got sword proportions pretty good (except for the grip length... I always make it too long for some reason) so I just draw up a little design before modelling and texturing them. I'd upload a photo of one of my drawing pages with about 25 swords drawn on it, but I can't find it and I don't have a camera at the moment. :pinch: Edited March 20, 2014 by billyro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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