Posted: 5/14/2007 10:02 PM
Post subject: Slideshow screenshots?
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theenglishman
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Is there any way to write a script for a slideshow of images where the TAS screenshot usually is? If so, I've found a good alternate screenshot for Rikku's Mario 64 120-star run:
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Posted: 5/14/2007 10:04 PM
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DeHackEd
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You can make it an animated GIF. Unfortunately N64 games tend not to compress well with GIF, so the result would be huge. See also, this.
Posted: 5/14/2007 10:06 PM
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Warp
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And of course such a slideshow would be visually much more pleasing if the different images cross-faded (instead of just changing from one to the next in an instant), which in animated gif terms means HUGE. Perhaps some javascript could do that using jpegs/pngs without the need for animated gifs?
Posted: 5/15/2007 2:38 AM
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Blublu
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Warp wrote:
And of course such a slideshow would be visually much more pleasing if the different images cross-faded (instead of just changing from one to the next in an instant), which in animated gif terms means HUGE. Perhaps some javascript could do that using jpegs/pngs without the need for animated gifs?
Why? It seems like lots of work for a completely superfluous feature.
Posted: 5/15/2007 3:47 AM
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Posted: 5/15/2007 4:53 PM
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Chamale
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True. I think that if you want to see a slideshow, watch the 60 FPS slideshow with sound effects - the run itselg!
Posted: 5/15/2007 7:22 PM
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Warp
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Blublu wrote:
Why? It seems like lots of work for a completely superfluous feature.
Because it's cool? This site is *full* of superfluous features. One more wouldn't hurt.
Posted: 5/15/2007 9:07 PM
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laughing_gas
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Yeah, we may as well put a flash-embedded version of the run next to the description.
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Posted: 5/16/2007 3:46 PM
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Warp
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laughing_gas wrote:
Yeah, we may as well put a flash-embedded version of the run next to the description.
No we can't, because there's no automatic alternative if flash is disabled in the browser. A slideshow using javascript is ok because if javascript is disabled, then it would just show the first image, which would be just ok. Btw, the argument you just presented is, afaik, called "slippery slope".
Posted: 5/16/2007 4:21 PM
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nesrocks
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I think laughing_gas was being sarcastic.
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Posted: 5/16/2007 4:26 PM
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FODA wrote:
I think laughing_gas was being sarcastic.
That would be correct.
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