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Short: A '58 Chevy where no man has gone before
Uploader: camge@ix.netcom.com
Author: Curt Esser
Type: pix/misc
256 colour iff picture
I recently installed the program Fblit on my system, and have been
experimenting with various full-sized pictures for my Workbench and
window backgrounds.
If you are not familiar with Fblit, this is a great program for AGA
systems, which will put your background pics into fast memory, so
you can use full-sized backgrounds without wasting ANY of your chip
ram. In fact, with Fblit, you will use less chip ram with a full-sized
background than you did by using a small "tile" background before. It
also allows you to run NewIcons in RTG mode, without a GFX card!
Anyway, as I was browsing the web looking for suitable background pics,
I found some pictures of a beautiful red '58 Chevy convertible (one of
my favorite classic autos).
Now all I needed was a background to put it on - something simple, yet
stunning - then I found this great space photo. It was perfect, and the
angle and lighting of the car photo seemed to match up just right.
So here is the result. I always thought these cars had a sort-of space ship
look to them anyway. Hope you like it.
And yes, I know it's spelled wrong. It's a "poetic-license" plate.
Some tips on using this or other full-sized pictures as backdrops:
First, you will want to convert the picture so it is the same size as your
overscan setting, to prevent the picture from being "wrapped-around" if your
screen is bigger than the picture.
I also have found that Workbench doesn't remap some pictures too well -
sometimes you will get "blotchy" results, or some colours will look wrong.
A program like FullPalette helps here, as it will let you set and lock more
of the Workbench colours. Also, it helps to try reducing the colours in
your paint program (PPaint with dithering set on works best for this).
I take a 256 colour pic, and make several versions - 128, 64, and 32 colours
and then try each to see which one looks best. I use a 64 colour version
of this picture on my 256 colour workbench, and it looks great. I also
use NewIcons with no borders.
FBlit and FullPalette are both available on Aminet.
Curt Esser
3-17-98