Arcade 16:9 Overlays (1920x1080)

JesseBlue

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

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

UDb23

@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.

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

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

Stuart2773

New Fixed Projected Bezels

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Lunar Rescue:-

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New projected bezel Omega Race

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New projected bezel Asteroids

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New projected bezel Asteroids Deluxe

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New projected bezel Blue Shark

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johnodon

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

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

johnodon

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

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mitu

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

johnodon

@mitu

I used imagemagick tools...

DISPLAY=:0.0 import -window root /tmp/shot.png

mitu

@johnodon I was referring to the Raspberry PI installation, not about a normal Ubuntu install - where you can use any X based screenshot tools available.

johnodon

So let me ask this question...

Should the bezel itself actually have transparency? Look at the octopus at the bottom. Should you be able to see it through the seaweed or should the seaweed be solid?

JesseBlue

@johnodon

The opacity in RA should be set to 100%. The transparency of the screen is handled within the png file.

The real bezel for Blue Shark is quite different in reality though:

Stuart2773

@jesseblue

the bezel i created is using a combination of the artwork from the Taito & Midway versions, as there wasn't a complete hi-res set for each.

johnodon

I'm reading the Libretro overlays doc and saw this...

Overlay images

First we configure how many overlays we use. Every overlay can have one overlay which fills the entire rectangle (overlay%u_rect), but is optional. The full-rect overlay is supported for compatibility with older format. It is less flexible than per-button overlays and is discouraged.

overlays = 2
overlay0_overlay = overlay_img0.png # Optional
overlay1_overlay = overlay_img1.png # Optional

Would this eliminate the need to have the transparent background in the PNG itself? Could you have 3 separate PNGs (background, midground, foreground) and set the opacity accordingly? Or am I reading this completely wrong? I guess another key question is if the numbering of the overlays determines order (o = first, 1 = second, etc.).

Doing it this way would allow the end user to tailor the opacity to his/her liking.

John