Pab- Betsey seems rather washed out compared to QV. I wonder how other characters will appear with this new method. Is there a noticeable difference in the sizes of the original images? In any case, I really hope you get a print deal. A strip this fun deserves a wider readership.
stpatme - Liz was painted in about 1570. Vic was photographed in I’m guessing about 1870. I think the difference in contrast is inherent to the media and can’t be completely overcome by graphic software.
Roger: Liz is the “Rainbow” portrait by Isaac Oliver from around 1600. Vis is the Jubilee photograph by Bassano in 1887. Edward is the Matthew Brady photograph of 1860.
I may re-create Liz from a better resolution image of the painting down the road if I can’t color correct the one I use now.
stpatme: All of the character images I used were much larger originally than I had been using before anyhow. At first I resized everything by hand, but before long I built a library in Photoimpact of all the characters in the basic size that I wanted them so I could just drag and drop.
For the higher resolutions I took the original images (before I had shrunk them down) and scaled them so they were the right sizes now. As a result, some characters may look a little taller or fatter compared to before until I get everything exactly how I want it.
So far I’ve adapted Vic, Edward, Liz, Mary, Grandpa, and Maurice to the new size since they’re the characters I tend to use often. I haven’t redone most of my various “poses” of Vic yet, and some of them (like the one in the WWII helmet) may need to be redone from scratch.
My main concern has always been the text. Previous versions of PhotoImpact never scaled text very well (IMHO) when I tried to shrink everything down. The latest seems to do it beautifully, though.
Pab - Mr. Oliver had to have used an early portrait to copy from. Liz did NOT look nearly that “sweet sixteen” in 1600… think, “hatchet-face in an orange wig with a half-inch of clown makeup”. Just goes to show what can happen even to the best of us in a culture that considers bathing sinful.
1887 is later than I thought, but now that you mention it I recognise the jubilee portrait. Bassano was a heck of a photographer, wasn’t he?
Roger: exactly. The Rainbow portrait was very idealized (meant to be flattering), but one of the reasons she looks washed out was that Oliver did paint her with the very bright white makeup she had taken to wearing as she aged.
Going through my files, Vic might need to get a new computer. I can’t find the original, un-scaled-down, TRS-80 graphic I used to use. Argh.
stpatme over 15 years ago
Pab- Betsey seems rather washed out compared to QV. I wonder how other characters will appear with this new method. Is there a noticeable difference in the sizes of the original images? In any case, I really hope you get a print deal. A strip this fun deserves a wider readership.
runar over 15 years ago
I hate when that happens on my computer! One should be able to permanently designate a procedure as permitted.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
stpatme - Liz was painted in about 1570. Vic was photographed in I’m guessing about 1870. I think the difference in contrast is inherent to the media and can’t be completely overcome by graphic software.
Pab Sungenis creator over 15 years ago
Roger: Liz is the “Rainbow” portrait by Isaac Oliver from around 1600. Vis is the Jubilee photograph by Bassano in 1887. Edward is the Matthew Brady photograph of 1860.
I may re-create Liz from a better resolution image of the painting down the road if I can’t color correct the one I use now.
Pab Sungenis creator over 15 years ago
stpatme: All of the character images I used were much larger originally than I had been using before anyhow. At first I resized everything by hand, but before long I built a library in Photoimpact of all the characters in the basic size that I wanted them so I could just drag and drop.
For the higher resolutions I took the original images (before I had shrunk them down) and scaled them so they were the right sizes now. As a result, some characters may look a little taller or fatter compared to before until I get everything exactly how I want it.
So far I’ve adapted Vic, Edward, Liz, Mary, Grandpa, and Maurice to the new size since they’re the characters I tend to use often. I haven’t redone most of my various “poses” of Vic yet, and some of them (like the one in the WWII helmet) may need to be redone from scratch.
My main concern has always been the text. Previous versions of PhotoImpact never scaled text very well (IMHO) when I tried to shrink everything down. The latest seems to do it beautifully, though.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
Pab - Mr. Oliver had to have used an early portrait to copy from. Liz did NOT look nearly that “sweet sixteen” in 1600… think, “hatchet-face in an orange wig with a half-inch of clown makeup”. Just goes to show what can happen even to the best of us in a culture that considers bathing sinful.
1887 is later than I thought, but now that you mention it I recognise the jubilee portrait. Bassano was a heck of a photographer, wasn’t he?
Pab Sungenis creator over 15 years ago
Roger: exactly. The Rainbow portrait was very idealized (meant to be flattering), but one of the reasons she looks washed out was that Oliver did paint her with the very bright white makeup she had taken to wearing as she aged.
Going through my files, Vic might need to get a new computer. I can’t find the original, un-scaled-down, TRS-80 graphic I used to use. Argh.
ewennick over 15 years ago
I feel exactly like that everytime I get that stupid pop-up.