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Beta Revised Icons
« on: February 20, 2016, 11:41:51 PM »
Ok so here is my first attempt at a revised Wintry Mix icon. Several things to note...


-The loop is much more smooth, if you download it to your PC  it doesn't have little blips caused by edge, internet explorer, etc.

-I enhanced it to make it stand out more.

-I still don't have a transparent background yet, I'm having trouble with it.

-This one isn't final either, there's going to e a few more tests/revisions I will make, because the new program I'm using to compile them makes sun and cloud animations look awful......

I hope you guys like it, if you have any comments or suggestions just let me know.

***I do not own this***

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2016, 11:56:14 PM »
Another revision test.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2016, 11:57:38 PM »
Like I said, download them and they run a lot smoother than online.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2016, 12:34:10 AM »
I'm actually trying right now to just take each frame out and make the background transparent in each frame, then compile all the frames (anywhere from 45-170) without the blue background. Fingers crossed this works! :)

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2016, 01:12:15 AM »
I think with insta this is as good as a sun will get, but I'm looking for other programs.

The second one has the enhanced effect on it which for some reason makes it look gritty (a.k.a. crappier)....
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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2016, 01:44:03 AM »
Ok you choose which windy icon looks better, windy 1 is without the enhancement and windy 2 has the enhancement.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2016, 02:03:14 AM »
I feel like I could've done better on this one. Remember these are revision tests.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2016, 02:07:55 AM »
Ehh.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2016, 02:12:15 AM »
I feel like the cloud is too white, I'll make another revision.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2016, 12:18:04 PM »
for those who are wondering these icons run at 60fps.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2016, 12:31:19 PM »
Cloudy 1 = not enhanced Cloudy 2 = enhanced......

I don't like how the enhancing makes the cloud animation look gritty.
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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2016, 02:41:23 PM »
hmmm.....

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2016, 02:46:57 PM »
Another crappy transparent one... Still testing.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2016, 02:50:03 PM »
I'm putting them through several encoders before removing the backgrounds.

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Re: Beta Revised Icons
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2016, 05:42:11 PM »
Do some of them seem too fast?, it keeps compiling them at 20% the original speed....