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    • Stuart2773S
      Stuart2773 @JesseBlue
      last edited by Stuart2773

      @jesseblue

      cheers :O, i really didn't think it was possible to get the same effect but you proved me wrong, thanks for pointing me in the right direction, im going to attempt and try to recreate what you done on some other overlays i did.

      thanks again for the heads up, much appreciated :)

      UPDATE: i tried but with no luck :(

      Space Invaders PT2, BootHill, Discs of Tron, in photoshop i set the screen image to 35% Opacity, the bezel sides were already set at 100%, saved the image, transferred to the pi, loaded the games, set the RA input_overlay_opacity = "1.000000"

      but no luck, i wasnt able to see the game, the overlay just obstructed everything,
      what am i doing wrong? its some silly oversight that im completely missing.

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      cheers.

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      • JesseBlueJ
        JesseBlue @Stuart2773
        last edited by JesseBlue

        @stuart2773: It doesn't work because that png has no transparency at all. ;)

        I'm not sure what went wrong, but maybe you want to check out my psd file of the Space Invaders overlay: invaders.psd

        It consists of two layers: The bezel at 100% opacity and the background at 35%.

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        • Stuart2773S
          Stuart2773
          last edited by Stuart2773

          @JesseBlue

          can you take a look at these? and see where im going wrong?

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          • JesseBlueJ
            JesseBlue
            last edited by JesseBlue

            boothill: No opacity set for the background layer. The default Photoshop background layer (the one with the little lock icon) should not be activated.

            dotron: Same as boothill.

            frogs: The four background layers should be grouped into a folder. This new folder should be set to 35% (or whatever you prefer) opacity.

            invaders: No opacity set for the background layer.

            invadpt2: The default Photoshop background layer should not be activated.

            triplhnt: This one is a bit messed up. ;) You don't have the foreground and background properly separated. Unfortunately, there is no easy fix aside from starting from scratch. This is how it might look: www.atarimuseum.com/orubin/Witch-Hunt.jpg

            Here are the corrected files: bezels_fixed.zip

            I hope this helps. I really appreciate your work! :)

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            • johnodonJ
              johnodon
              last edited by

              This is awesome! I hope this all works as hoped because those 3d'ish bezel look fantastic!

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              • Stuart2773S
                Stuart2773 @JesseBlue
                last edited by Stuart2773

                @jesseblue

                thanks for those, i understand how its working now, but for some strange reason even with the fixed versions you provided im unable to get any of the transparency to work, its driving me crazy, i keep getting the same files everytime. my photoshop must be f***ed up

                i even created a new bezel from scratch using your method and i get exacly the same non working bezel with no transparency :@ agghhhhhhhhhhh

                i dont have any problem whatsoever with the transparency with normal bezels i created, just these "projected ones"

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                • JesseBlueJ
                  JesseBlue @Stuart2773
                  last edited by JesseBlue

                  @stuart2773

                  That's odd. How do you save your png files within Photoshop?

                  FYI
                  I've managed to recreate the Triple Hunt / Witch Hunt overlay. :)

                  0_1534701071965_triplhnt.jpg

                  0_1534713842859_triplhnt.png

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                  • UDb23U
                    UDb23 @Stuart2773
                    last edited by

                    @stuart2773 said in Arcade 16:9 Overlays (1920x1080):

                    i even created a new bezel from scratch using your method and i get exacly the same non working bezel with no transparency :@ agghhhhhhhhhhh

                    Do you flatten the image before saving the image ? That destroys transparency.
                    Usually I use "merge visible" layers before saving to PNG and it keeps transparencies.

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                    • Stuart2773S
                      Stuart2773 @UDb23
                      last edited by Stuart2773

                      @udb23 @JesseBlue

                      yeah ive been flattening them rather than merging, i will have another attempt at them

                      @JesseBlue love what you did with the Triple Hunt :P

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                      • Stuart2773S
                        Stuart2773
                        last edited by Stuart2773

                        @JesseBlue @UDb23

                        FINALLY !!!! :) i got it working

                        will upload the new bezels soon just making a few tweaks

                        thanks for all your help guys - much appreciated

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                        • Stuart2773S
                          Stuart2773
                          last edited by

                          New Fixed Projected Bezels

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                          • Stuart2773S
                            Stuart2773
                            last edited by

                            Lunar Rescue:-

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                            • Stuart2773S
                              Stuart2773
                              last edited by

                              New projected bezel Omega Race

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                              • Stuart2773S
                                Stuart2773
                                last edited by

                                New projected bezel Asteroids

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                                • Stuart2773S
                                  Stuart2773
                                  last edited by

                                  New projected bezel Asteroids Deluxe

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                                  • Stuart2773S
                                    Stuart2773
                                    last edited by

                                    New projected bezel Blue Shark

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                                    • johnodonJ
                                      johnodon
                                      last edited by

                                      These 3D bezels may be the sexiest things I ever saw (ps. don't tell my wife).

                                      BTW...how do you take a schreenshot in RA that includes the bezel? When I try via RGUI, I get only the gameplay.

                                      John

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                                      • Stuart2773S
                                        Stuart2773 @johnodon
                                        last edited by Stuart2773

                                        @johnodon said in Arcade 16:9 Overlays (1920x1080):

                                        These 3D bezels may be the sexiest things I ever saw (ps. don't tell my wife).

                                        BTW...how do you take a schreenshot in RA that includes the bezel? When I try via RGUI, I get only the gameplay.

                                        John

                                        thanks, glad you like them, i wont tell if you dont lol,

                                        im not sure how you take a screenshot with bezel in RA either

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                                        • johnodonJ
                                          johnodon
                                          last edited by johnodon

                                          Hey...look at what I did! :)

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @Stuart2773
                                            last edited by

                                            @stuart2773 Use raspi2ng (requires manual installation) to capture the PI screen.

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