Bitmaps to Jpgs advise please

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If you spend hours making a clean sharp 16 bitmap (say for a bootskin) then convert to a JPG (for the preview at Wincustomize) there is a great loss of (pixel) image.

Is there any way around this loss (other than) re-rendering in say photoshop or something ?

Yes I have gone the other rought JPG to bitmap but thats almost as bad ?

Normally I end up rendering the same image twice (16 bitmap & Jpg).

Thank you...
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ignore it, as long as the master image is ok, that's all that matters




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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i think skinstudio does a good job making previews for bootskins.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks to Kona 0197 and Sir Stumpy for your help...Perhaps I`ve got pixelmania or something cause I now dream in pixels and what the world to be perfectly pixelated ! Ahhhh those damn pixels...
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I convert to jpg with photoshop and save at the highest quality possible. Theres almost no loss.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
pixels. pixels. they're coming to get you.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
All my photos on DA are jpg. I save them with minimum compression and you can't really tell the difference. other than the file size dropping from 50Mb to just over 1Mb for the full size scan (TIFF) at 4000x2500. The 1024x768 on DA are a lot smaller of course.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
irfan is a cool little prog i use to resize images .. i have not noticed any image degredation .. just set the quality ti highets and its all set the,. screens i post are bmps i converted to jpeg useing it ...secondly its a free prog...http://www.irfanview.com
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you don't have irfanview, you need it. its by far the best little image editor available, and its free. If you aren't doing anything major its a God-send.
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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank you Ladies and Gentelmen.

I have irfanview but have not been using it, now I will, thank you, very, very much, this is the most wonderful community around.

So helpful, I wish you all happy skinning...PS if ever you need a favour from the UK, well IOU...
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
remember to get the latest version (3.8)i think. and thers plugins u can download too. id get the full package goin .. any extra tool u can have will make skinning that much easyer and fun