RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    replacing logo

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Projects and Themes
    logo
    33 Posts 10 Posters 13.6k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • S
      sketch2k278 @FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by

      @FlyingTomahawk what I used was the word "Final" in the final fight logo, I used the font "Fighting Spirit turbo" for the word BURN (to mimic the word fight), the font "impact" for the A and the rest of the word in alpha I got from Street Fighter Alpha 3. I wanted to make the words more Capcom like and tried to mimic to the best of my abilities 0_1486402076122_combo.jpg

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • UDb23U
        UDb23 @sketch2k278
        last edited by

        @sketch2k278 FInal result 66 kb.
        Svg downloadable here (for 30 days).
        Based on image you posted here. As previously suggested first step: separate areas with different colors in Photoshop elements. Also made background transparent.
        0_1486412717630_newfab.png
        Step 2: tracing in inkscape (color, 6 pass, UNcheck all lower windows options: smoothing , grouping and background remov.)
        Step 3: ungroup result; Blue and Red elements cleanup (deleting unwanted spots around letters)
        Step 4: apply Gradient fill to green and blue
        Step 5: delete original image
        Step 6: Group all, resize document to drawing, save svg (default options).

        FInal SVG image look like this:
        0_1486413166039_Schermata 2017-02-06 alle 21.31.58.png

        Of course image should/could now be edited further to get exact gradient (easy at this stage) as original and/or edit nodes to make it smoother if needed.

        FlyingTomahawkF S 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • FlyingTomahawkF
          FlyingTomahawk @UDb23
          last edited by

          @UDb23

          Bravo Maestro!
          Job well done.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • S
            sketch2k278 @UDb23
            last edited by

            @UDb23 THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!! Sorry for the all caps lol

            RoxsteadyR 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • RoxsteadyR
              Roxsteady @sketch2k278
              last edited by

              @sketch2k278 What size did you save in? I'm in the same process. Made an FBA for just classic games. alt text

              S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • S
                sketch2k278 @Roxsteady
                last edited by

                @Roxsteady my image was 800x647 it probably explains why it turned out so small

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • RookervikR
                  Rookervik Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Haha, it depends on how you save the SVG for what size it comes out. I've found SVGs actually save smaller if you shrink them in Inkscape or Illustrator. It makes no sense, all the vector information is the same, but the file size doesn't reflect that.

                  Be sure you don't have multiple layers saved into the SVG. I can't tell you how many times I made a logo for the Carbon theme and came out with a 100+kb file. Only to realize I still had an image on a layer I was using to create the Logo.

                  Also, SVG vs PNG on the carousel has no affect on how large the image will display. SVGs are only better to use when you intend for them to be zoomed in on. SVG takes a little longer for the system to load than a PNG, and seem to slide slower as well. But I suppose the world will really be thankful Carbon uses SVGs when we have 16k TVs and our Raspberry Pi 34's are emulating IBM Watson.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                  • S
                    SpacedInvader @herb_fargus
                    last edited by

                    @herb_fargus Should I make a copy of the es_system.cfg to /home/pi/.emulationstation if it does not exist there?

                    herb_fargusH 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @SpacedInvader
                      last edited by

                      @SpacedInvader yes

                      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • Stuart2773S
                        Stuart2773 @sketch2k278
                        last edited by

                        @sketch2k278 said in replacing logo:

                        well I was successful in changing the logo and did back the original but im guessing that it can't get any bigger than the way it's shown

                        0_1486325095899_fba screen.jpg

                        can you share the background image? im interseted in making my own templates based off what you have.

                        many thanks

                        Stuart.

                        FlyingTomahawkF UDb23U 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk @Stuart2773
                          last edited by

                          @Stuart2773

                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7032/futura-theme

                          Stuart2773S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • Stuart2773S
                            Stuart2773 @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by

                            @FlyingTomahawk

                            i didnt realise it was a theme you had created,

                            thank you so much FlyingTomahawk .

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • UDb23U
                              UDb23 @Stuart2773
                              last edited by

                              @Stuart2773 max size of the logos is determined by the theme. Only thing you can do is check if there's any 'border' (extra spscing) around the actual logo that you may have saved inside the logo itself.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • First post
                                Last post

                              Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                              Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.