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2D All the way! / splash screens

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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 10th Apr 2004 04:13
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does anybody know how or what to use in order to make a splash screen?if not thats ok ill figure it out eventually.
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Scouseknight
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Posted: 10th Apr 2004 04:20
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Anything that can create popular graphic format files can be used - by popular I mean the likes of bitmaps, jpegs, png e.t.c.

Examples of such are Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Windows Paint (!) - the rest is your imagination.

I hope I've understood your query properly by the way it did seem a little too easy to answer... :o



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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 10th Apr 2004 04:24
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Quote: "it did seem a little too easy to answer"
and i dont have anything that can do that.....yet
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Scouseknight
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Posted: 10th Apr 2004 04:46
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Surely you have Windows Paint - it ships with all Windows operating systems since before Windows 3.1 I think.

If you have Windows XP then it's called just "Paint" and it's found in the Accessories menu.

I can't remember for sure what it's called in earlier versions just know it's there - could be MS Paint.



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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 10th Apr 2004 05:40
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thats really helpful...thamx

i did not now that until now........maybe
do you know if VANseam is anygood?
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Scouseknight
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I'm sorry I don't know what VANseam is :/



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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 12th Apr 2004 04:09
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go to the showcase then go to applications and youll find it there
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I think GIMP is free, Im not sure. Anyway, that ships with linux and is very similar to photoshop, and works on windows too.

I think you can find it here....http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/stable.html



Anyway, try it out, it very good!

GIve me more power!
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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 13th Apr 2004 00:16
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thanx ill check it out



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Melael Darkfury
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This might be useless to you, but...

When messing about with an FPS just as a test, I wrote the following bit of code which, when you press a key (55 is scancode for multiply key on the top line of numeric keypad), grabs the screen, fades it, blurs it and writes it to disk. This process takes many seconds, but its better to have the delay when writing the file than when reading it imho.

Then at the start of my program, I check if that file exists and read it in and display it.

If your program is 2D or you have a dull map it might not be as useful, but it was quite effective with my fairly decent 3D level and you can play around by running around and trying a few to see how they look.

If its no use, just ignore it.
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dj BlackDragon
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Posted: 14th Apr 2004 05:14
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actually that was helpful
Thanx...
i have been using many different programs to see if I can get a different effect than the last. So far it hasn't really been a success but i will keep trying.
Anyway thanx for helping and i'll try the source out and see how it works


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