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Title: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on October 27, 2010, 01:09:55 am
This is my attempt at recreating the GTVA Logo at hi-res.

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/mjnmixael/FreeSpace%20Logos/GTVALogo.png)
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on October 27, 2010, 03:15:27 am
No expert but didn't the GTVA logo have something in the gold area? 
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Shivan Hunter on October 27, 2010, 03:16:17 am
nice!
/me adds to Random FS Stuff folder

EDIT: @FUBAR: no
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: headdie on October 27, 2010, 04:16:39 am
if i remember correctly the animated version had a flare effect or some such
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: CommanderDJ on October 27, 2010, 06:10:57 am
We have achieved consensus: approval is given.

Excellent work.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Galemp on October 27, 2010, 08:08:21 am
Flawless. :yes:
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Kolgena on October 27, 2010, 08:49:59 am
I was about to say that the proportions looked off, but then I remembered that I play in 16:9.

Excellent work! Stick it on a mottled green/black background and it'd be a perfect high-res replica!

/stealing this for my FS2 album art.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on October 27, 2010, 08:56:41 am
I was about to say that the proportions looked off, but then I remembered that I play in 16:9.

Excellent work! Stick it on a mottled green/black background and it'd be a perfect high-res replica!

/stealing this for my FS2 album art.

It's already PNG with a transparent background.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Admiral LSD on October 31, 2010, 10:02:16 am
Not sure if this is going to work, but here goes anyway: I cropped the original PNG down ab it and an using it as icon for FSO on my recent Linux Mint install. Nothing major, just loaded it into GIMP and told it to autocrop, but it gets rid of all that space around the logo making it easier to work with.

[attachment deleted by admin]
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Charismatic on November 03, 2010, 12:12:47 am
Origional image removed...?
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Droid803 on November 03, 2010, 12:14:41 am
And here is someone else's attempt : http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=28985.0
I donno which one I like better.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Galemp on November 03, 2010, 09:41:15 am
I Like Mike.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 03, 2010, 10:19:35 am
Origional image removed...?

Woops, sorry I rearranged my Photobucket. It's back up.

And here is someone else's attempt : http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=28985.0
I donno which one I like better.

That one is much more stylized. It looks good too. My attempt is at creating a hi-res replacement for the original in ANIs and cutscenes.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on November 03, 2010, 11:49:43 am
Hmm, the glow seems to be clipped off on yours, mixael, it has a sharp edge all around.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 03, 2010, 12:38:02 pm
That's PNG for you...
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on November 03, 2010, 02:20:18 pm
test test

Quote
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4535/testrq.png)

I don't know... though if I'm the only one seeing it, it could well be due to my screen.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 03, 2010, 04:41:10 pm
I don't know what to tell you.. this is a render of the same frame as JPG.

http://imagebin.org/121659
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on November 03, 2010, 09:23:57 pm
/me fills his desktop with six versions of the GTVA logo.

I don't know what to tell you.. this is a render of the same frame as JPG.

http://imagebin.org/121659

JPG doesn't preserve transparency ... but that is huuuuuge, perfect for everything I can think of.

I seriously need to find time off to put all your rendered logos to good use...
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Kolgena on November 04, 2010, 09:55:31 am
It looks like he might have re-uploaded the GIMP resized image, which has the screwed up clipped glow (I'm seeing it too). This one is the original that Michael posted.

[attachment deleted by admin]
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on November 04, 2010, 10:56:10 am
It looks like he might have re-uploaded the GIMP resized image, which has the screwed up clipped glow (I'm seeing it too). This one is the original that Michael posted.
Aaaah, much better :)
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 04, 2010, 01:31:36 pm
It looks like he might have re-uploaded the GIMP resized image, which has the screwed up clipped glow (I'm seeing it too). This one is the original that Michael posted.

Why is this scaled down? My original render is 1920x1080... Also, I don't use GIMP.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Kolgena on November 04, 2010, 08:23:09 pm
Not sure if this is going to work, but here goes anyway: I cropped the original PNG down ab it and an using it as icon for FSO on my recent Linux Mint install. Nothing major, just loaded it into GIMP and told it to autocrop, but it gets rid of all that space around the logo making it easier to work with.

michael, it almost looks like you took this one and put it on the OP. Not sure if that's what you did, but the same glow clipping is visible in both. As for why it's not 1080p, I dunno. I just took the .png before the image host killed it.

Edit: closer inspection reveals that the OP has a completely new file. It doesn't match either LSD or my attachment and looks closer to the vanilla shape. So, as for why there's glow clip, I have no clue. Maybe when you resized it down from the original huge size, it killed the gradient with a sharpen effect? The aliasing seems to be another side effect of whatever happened to the original image.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 04, 2010, 08:40:31 pm
Both the PNG I posted and the JPG are straight, untouched, non-resized renders from the source files. I did nothing to them. Just rendered them as different formats.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Kolgena on November 04, 2010, 08:55:37 pm
Well, there's a very obvious halo on the .png in the first post. Put it on a white background and observe the fine grey border. Maybe it's photobucket screwing things up though.

Personally, I'm already ecstatic with the .jpeg, since it's good enough for me (I don't need a working alpha), but I just thought to let you know so you can fix it up if needed.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Galemp on November 05, 2010, 09:12:49 am
He's right. Right-click on the PNG and select 'View Image' and there it is.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on December 19, 2010, 12:41:48 am
Resurrecting an old thread to offer you the GTVA Elite Logo

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/mjnmixael/FreeSpace%20Logos/GTVAElite.png)

Which apparently also has the alpha clipping... but it's easily fixable in photoshop or something.

(Note: I probably won't bother to fix it myself cause I will use the source files for all my work. If some wants to fix either of these and post them here, I'm sure everyone would be grateful.)
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: General Battuta on December 19, 2010, 12:53:02 am
So the one thing that always REALLY bugged me about animations with that logo was the fact that the two closing metal bits weren't hemispheres, they were part of an ellipse, so when they closed they looked like a pair of giant metal buttocks.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Rodo on December 19, 2010, 12:53:03 am
What's that weird halo around the gtva logo?

Aside from that, good looking :yes:
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: headdie on December 19, 2010, 02:57:49 am
What's that weird halo around the gtva logo?

Aside from that, good looking :yes:

I'm guessing its where the transparency ends and the white halo starts that iirc is on the original
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on December 19, 2010, 09:23:11 am
What's that weird halo around the gtva logo?

Aside from that, good looking :yes:

I'm guessing its where the transparency ends and the white halo starts that iirc is on the original

Yup, that's it. I never did figure out what causes that cause the Source files don't have it. I never fixed it cause when I need the GTVA Logo, I always just use the source.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Goober5000 on December 20, 2010, 09:46:00 pm
So the one thing that always REALLY bugged me about animations with that logo was the fact that the two closing metal bits weren't hemispheres, they were part of an ellipse, so when they closed they looked like a pair of giant metal buttocks.
:lol: Yes, exactly!
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Droid803 on December 20, 2010, 10:01:17 pm
So the one thing that always REALLY bugged me about animations with that logo was the fact that the two closing metal bits weren't hemispheres, they were part of an ellipse, so when they closed they looked like a pair of giant metal buttocks.

"Kiss my shiny, metal ass!"
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: mjn.mixael on December 20, 2010, 10:39:31 pm
Here, have a giant metal butt.

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Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Hades on December 20, 2010, 10:53:45 pm
That is one nice metal ass.
(http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/bender-smoking.jpg)

Bender approves
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Kolgena on December 21, 2010, 12:38:06 am
Oh god. From the thumbnail, the round divets look like fingers around a goatse.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Hades on December 21, 2010, 12:56:52 am
Actually, the whole .ani is basically a goatse
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 21, 2010, 08:32:21 am
So's the rear of the Ra, which was never used in singleplayer.
Title: Re: Hi-Res GTVA Logo
Post by: Hades on December 21, 2010, 08:38:32 am
Yeah but the Ra was on purpose and pretty hilarious