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Title: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: DLPB_ on 2011-10-28 15:34:24

Anyone up for it?

The Gil graphic, and the Chocobo avatar.  I am not good with graphics I am afraid...  I have extracted the files from PSX game, and they are here >

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36889302/FF7/ITEMMENU_0000.BMP
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36889302/FF7/CHOCO_0000.BMP

The aspect ratio is out, but that can be solved.  I tried perfect resize and whilst this provides an improvement, it is still crap.

Ideally these need to be 4X larger.  maybe 8X in case I need to adjust.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-10-28 19:13:45

The original images-- specifically the chocobo-- are too small to have much success with simply enlarging them.
Much of the detail need to be added by hand to create a decent chocobo avatar.
Filters can do a better job on the menu graphic due to the nature of the pattern.
Is there meaning associated with the symbols on the coin?
If so, they would also need to be hand drawn to preserve the finer detail.

In Photoshop, you can resize the image and use an overlay layer with an high pass filter to enhance some of the detail and get the edges to pop.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-10-28 20:40:05

Ask me later, i may be up to doing the chocobo like i did some ff8 avatars.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: BlitzNCS on 2011-10-28 21:28:25

Eventually I'll be trying to do the whole of the non-font menu_us lgp stuff in addition to the concept art avatar remastering thing I'm trying to pull off - I'm about halfway through the main avatars right now so it shouldn't be long before I start thinking about it.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: DLPB_ on 2011-10-30 06:35:41

Luksy was familiar with the coin.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E6%A5%BD%E9%80%9A%E5%AE%9D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Eiraku-Tsuho.jpg/200px-Eiraku-Tsuho.jpg)

Quote from: luksy

copied by nobunaga for his own currency in the muromachi era
 it literally means "Eiraku currency

eiraku was a chinese era, i'll get the chinese name if you need it
 永楽通宝 in modern japanese

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: Roody on 2011-10-31 00:45:27

I don't think ive ever seen the chocobo avatar in FF7....just where?  :?

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: DLPB_ on 2011-10-31 00:47:41

Chocobo naming of course.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: pacito-ex on 2011-10-31 21:21:19

Or do a character replacement code and change the value to 0B. That should put the chocobo avatar in whichever slot you modified.

Title: Re: Updating 2 of the menu graphics...
Post by: DLPB_ on 2011-11-05 04:27:08

For some reason, there is another Gil texture in PC menu.lgp?

And it seems to be better than the original:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36889302/FF7/zeni_h.bmp)