Subject: Re: [stella] Paint tool for screen mock-ups? From: Julian Squires <tek@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:10:32 -0230 |
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 10:18:12AM -0400, Erik Mooney wrote: > The problem is getting the right aspect ratio in a paint program. The 2600's > 160 x 192 is actually at an aspect ratio of 5:8 horz:vert (an object 8 pixels > high and 5 pixels wide will be visually square), and the 40 x 192 is 5:32. > I don't know offhand of any paint programs that would properly use and let > you work within that aspect ratio. Paint Shop Pro here doesn't. If nobody > else knows of one, maybe you can play with the sizing controls on your > monitor to fake it? gfx2 (no longer maintained, but reasonably high-quality) is a deluxe paint clone that allows one to work in a variety of modes. The classic VGA 320x200 mode provides an 8:5 vert:horz aspect ratio. All this talk of demos reminded me of it, as it's (even now) often used by demo-sceners and hobbyist game artists for other platforms. It seems to still be available at http://www-msi.ensil.unilim.fr/~maritaud/sunset/grafx2.html -- -/ |/| Julian Squires <tek@xxxxxxx> /- - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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