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Pages: 1 Nightvoice MAME Fan Reged: 03/19/10 Posts: 880 Loc: The Room Next To You Send PM File Format Question #275674 - 02/10/12 06:40 PM Reply For some time now, a great source of aggravation for me is file formats. If I create a vectored file in CorelDraw and export it as .PNG, MAME cannot read it. I must first open the exported file and resave it using MS Photo Editor; the problem is, MS Photo Editor has a ridiculous file size limit, such that I cannot export anything to a width of 4000 pixels (sometimes I'm limited to half of that). No other software package I have seems to want to export graphics in a format that MAME can read. My question is, is there something in the export parameters that I'm missing? Or what method do you guys use on bezels? Is this something that Adobe Illustrator automatically "does"? ---------------------- I have officially retired from sucking at everything I do. Life is much easier now. My MAME/MESS artwork files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABxeKgNIrKlIsyck7dx4V241NFQDWAF4 Related screen shots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U5IbvbVzYW97PuOOQuocvZFE_YJz7WIn Mr. Do MAME Art Editor Reged: 09/21/03 Posts: 4860 Loc: California Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Nightvoice] #275681 - 02/10/12 10:49 PM Reply > For some time now, a great source of aggravation for me is file formats. If I create > a vectored file in CorelDraw and export it as .PNG, MAME cannot read it. I must first > open the exported file and resave it using MS Photo Editor; the problem is, MS Photo > Editor has a ridiculous file size limit, such that I cannot export anything to a > width of 4000 pixels (sometimes I'm limited to half of that). No other software > package I have seems to want to export graphics in a format that MAME can read. > > My question is, is there something in the export parameters that I'm missing? Or what > method do you guys use on bezels? Is this something that Adobe Illustrator > automatically "does"? Weird... haven't notced that yet, but thatksprobably becauseI take everything into photoshop first for a little tweaking. I'll check when I get home and see if I can figure it out. RELAX and just have fun. Remember, it's all about the games. Mr. Do MAME Art Editor Reged: 09/21/03 Posts: 4860 Loc: California Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Mr. Do] #275698 - 02/11/12 03:45 AM Reply > > For some time now, a great source of aggravation for me is file formats. If I > create > > a vectored file in CorelDraw and export it as .PNG, MAME cannot read it. I must > first > > open the exported file and resave it using MS Photo Editor; the problem is, MS > Photo > > Editor has a ridiculous file size limit, such that I cannot export anything to a > > width of 4000 pixels (sometimes I'm limited to half of that). No other software > > package I have seems to want to export graphics in a format that MAME can read. > > > > My question is, is there something in the export parameters that I'm missing? Or > what > > method do you guys use on bezels? Is this something that Adobe Illustrator > > automatically "does"? > > Well... It works fine over here. What kind of errors are you getting? > Weird... haven't notced that yet, but thatksprobably becauseI take everything into > photoshop first for a little tweaking. > > I'll check when I get home and see if I can figure it out. RELAX and just have fun. Remember, it's all about the games. Nightvoice MAME Fan Reged: 03/19/10 Posts: 880 Loc: The Room Next To You Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Mr. Do] #275702 - 02/11/12 04:41 AM Reply Let's say I make a marquee in Corel, then export it to .PNG using the following params: If I drop said .PNG directly into a MAME artwork file, it will display as: But if I re-save it with MS Photo Editor, it works fine. ????? ---------------------- I have officially retired from sucking at everything I do. Life is much easier now. My MAME/MESS artwork files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABxeKgNIrKlIsyck7dx4V241NFQDWAF4 Related screen shots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U5IbvbVzYW97PuOOQuocvZFE_YJz7WIn Mr. Do MAME Art Editor Reged: 09/21/03 Posts: 4860 Loc: California Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Nightvoice] #275704 - 02/11/12 05:15 AM Reply > Let's say I make a marquee in Corel, then export it to .PNG using the following > params: > > > If I drop said .PNG directly into a MAME artwork file, it will display as: > > > But if I re-save it with MS Photo Editor, it works fine. > > ????? Hmmm... Well, I have gotten that kind of thing before in the past when a file saved weird. (You also get it if you misspell the name of the file in the "element" tag.) Try running a newly saved image through OptiPNG, and see if that works: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ RELAX and just have fun. Remember, it's all about the games. krick Get Fuzzy Reged: 02/09/04 Posts: 4235 Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Mr. Do] #275706 - 02/11/12 05:29 AM Reply > Try running a newly saved image through OptiPNG, and see if that works: > http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ Supposedly, PNGOUT (free)... http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm ...or PNGOUTWin (PAID)... http://www.ardfry.com/pngoutwin/ ...beats OptiPNG. There's also a paid plugin for Photoshop. GroovyMAME support forum on BYOAC drewcifer One bad Mutha-(shut yo' mouth!) Reged: 07/01/04 Posts: 428 Loc: Sweden Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Nightvoice] #275758 - 02/12/12 12:28 AM Reply > Let's say I make a marquee in Corel, then export it to .PNG using the following > params: Maybe MAME requires 32-bit color (RGBA)? vectorzorg vector tracer Reged: 10/10/06 Posts: 380 Loc: Paris, France Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Nightvoice] #275922 - 02/13/12 11:20 AM Reply what are the settins under the pixel menu ? Nightvoice MAME Fan Reged: 03/19/10 Posts: 880 Loc: The Room Next To You Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: vectorzorg] #275954 - 02/13/12 07:09 PM Reply You mean the droplist that says "pixels"? That's just where you select the unit of measurement (pixels vs. inches, etc.). ---------------------- I have officially retired from sucking at everything I do. Life is much easier now. My MAME/MESS artwork files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABxeKgNIrKlIsyck7dx4V241NFQDWAF4 Related screen shots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U5IbvbVzYW97PuOOQuocvZFE_YJz7WIn gtmoa Lurker Reged: 02/21/04 Posts: 132 Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: Nightvoice] #275959 - 02/13/12 08:08 PM Reply did you try to discard anti aliasing? Nightvoice MAME Fan Reged: 03/19/10 Posts: 880 Loc: The Room Next To You Send PM Re: File Format Question [Re: gtmoa] #275963 - 02/13/12 09:24 PM Reply I tried that, and the edges come out all pixellated. ---------------------- I have officially retired from sucking at everything I do. Life is much easier now. My MAME/MESS artwork files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABxeKgNIrKlIsyck7dx4V241NFQDWAF4 Related screen shots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U5IbvbVzYW97PuOOQuocvZFE_YJz7WIn Pages: 1

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