New comic theme and SVG problems

[FlyingTomahawk]

Funny idea for a theme, love it.
Looking forward too see the rest of it.

[Rookervik]

@FlyingTomahawk Only problem with SVGs is that they're going to push the Pi beyond it's memory limit. There is a fix coming for EmulationStation soon that will load wallpapers dynamically, remedying this problem, but it's not here yet.

So don't be afraid of PNG. You don't have to have a single SVG in your entire theme for it to run just fine.

[lilbud]

@Rookervik What would dynamic wallpapers bring to the table?

[mattrixk]

@lilbud no more White Screen of Death.

[lilbud]

Could you explain it a bit more?

[mattrixk]

@lilbud https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2389/solution-for-white-screen-of-death/132

I think it basically comes down to being able to use large images for many systems without the theme breaking. It think it required a major change to how ES displays each system.

[herb_fargus]

@Rookervik but rookervik! What about the rpi8 that outputs 5K TV?! How will they scale then!

[Rookervik]

@herb_fargus Good lord I hope to not still be using ES when 8k TVs come out. LOL

[lipebello]

@Rookervik - Thanks a lot, i will just continue as it is.

[A Former User]

Amazing, hope to see it soon on my retropie :D

[lipebello]

Update on the detailed menu.

[mattrixk]

@lipebello I like it a lot. The lines behind the box art look great.

I think I like the font you used for the Logo on the System View more than this one though.

[lipebello]

@mattrixk Thanks, this logo is just a test. i'm thinking in remake the logos to match booth system and menus

[Rion]

@lipebello Have you implemented video support for this theme?

[screech]

I'm comming a little after the war ^^ but 80Ko for a png logo is "huge"...

Did you try some "compressor" ?

I recommand you optipng or pngquant... your png logo will be near the same size as svg ;)

(Your Theme is great ^^ do you think of create a MIX template with UXS ? maybe you can give a comics style to the media you show in the detail vue with some more media (like you did on the system view, some cut between the cover and a screenshot for exemple... If you want I can give it a try ;) )

[robertybob]

I Love the look of this theme! Are you planning on doing all 80+ systems?

[Capeman]

@screech actually 80Kb for a PNG logo is extremely small, pngs are raster and come in around 500kb to 1mb if around 1000px wide at 72dpi when set to 24bit with alpha transparency. If you are talking SVG which is vector based, then yes 80kb is a definitely on the heavy side.

Also, this theme looks awesome!

[screech]

112kb for a 560x203 png logo with lot's of transparency is pretty huge ;)

just to test, I take your first logo and pass it through pngquant.

The result : http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=03683192736298317951

From 112Kb to 27Kb...

I think you can give it a try ;)

Your 112Kb :

My 27Kb :

[Capeman]

Well would you look at that, i learned something today. What the tool you posted does is output an 8bit png with full alpha transparency, 8 bit is way smaller than 24bit. Given i work on photoshop every day i had to look into this further, and i was quite surprised that photoshop can't output png8 with alpha, it defaults to using indexed color when saving anything under 24bit and you lose alpha trans. That tool is pretty awesome, really useful for web design!

[lipebello]

@screech - Thanks for the advice. Turns out that i was using the artboard resolution, wich gives me a lot of space with transparency.
Now i have around 20KB per logo.

I have made new logos to used on system and menus. Trying to made it look like the super heroes logos.