picons ?

[arcticwolve]

1st off hope every has a happy new year
2nd im trying to make my own picons for myself and read they need to pe 100-60
now most people are yousing photo shop im using coral mpaintshop pro.
my question is when i shrink my image to fit the size of 100-60 it goes very pixalated when i zoom it in . any ideas on where im going wrong

Sorry if this is in the wrong section cant find the relivent place to put it

[deleted]

Pretty normal behaviour if you zoom in beyond 100%, for it to go pixelated.

[arcticwolve]

Thanx i thought it was just me, also can you have pictures instead of logos ?

[deleted]

I'm not sure what you mean by that?

[arcticwolve]

erm say for bbc 1 i wanted to have a picture of doctor who and the bbc1 logo would that work ?

[deleted]

Ofcourse, you can do whatever you want, there's no rule written in stone that says that you have to place a logo there, that's just what 99.9% do/want. But if you like something different, feel free to do so.

When saving the final result, make sure it's saved as indexed color, otherwise it won't show in enigma2 (on your tv).

[arcticwolve]

ok thanx i dident no u could have pictures thats great , not quite sure what indexed colour is but i have got tons of ideas i wanna do he he

[Mr. Mister]

Another set of alternative picons would be brilliant..

Feel free to post up what your have done.. and allow members to give some feedback..

[arcticwolve]

if i can figure it out and such i will do as i beleive most are yousing photoshop where as im using corel paintshop 4 but untill i get it working right i will , do u have to call each channel by a certain code name ?
and i got plenty of time on me hands so will be a good project to do is there anyone i can pm about it if i get stuck ?

[shanethegooner]

I believe you have to name the files the service reference of each channel.

So for BBC1 HD it will be named 1_0_19_1B1D_802_2_11A0000_0_0_0.

You can use dreamboxEDIT to find the right service reference, which I use for my picons. :thumbsup:

[arcticwolve]

thanx shane this is gonna be along progect but iv started on bbc1 already :)

[arcticwolve]

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Here you go mr mister my 1st logo attempt might be a few things wrong n not to everyones taste but here it is ill probs have to get the information right n stuff but i got time

[Mr. Mister]

Too small buddy.. and non clickable to make larger..

try upload like an attachment..

[arcticwolve]

ok il try that later:)

[Sicilian]

Moved to picons section.

[arcticwolve]

ok mr mister ive enlarged the pictures so you can see what im trying to do these arnt to scale yet though, so you should be able to view it ok
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[Mr. Mister]

I like what your doing.. Its defo something that has not been done before as far as i am aware..

looking forward to the complete set.. lol

[arcticwolve]

give me erm a year lol. thanx mr mister appriciate your encouragement / ye may not be for everyone but im board of normal idents i want somut thats diff , wont appeal to a lot of people i guess but its more of an experiment for me to play with also trying to base channels on most popular shows n i got that so fae but for others they may want somut diff but im happy so far . also doing it in blocks so bbc 1 2 it then the itv2 3 4 so on

[cosie]

nice work mr wolve.im sure they will be a popular alternativ.cant wait to see the rest of them m8

[arcticwolve]

thanx cosie its gonna take along long time but i think there fun and different

[arcticwolve]

Ok mr mister this is what ive done , bbc set not to scale yet so u can see what the pictures are like hope you think there ok as next i will need to do itv and so on but hoping im on right track Ive made the bbc logos look all more in line and same with each other id also appriciate all the advice you can give me on how i get them named right and so on so all the advice i can get the better :)

My bbc pack not to scale
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[arcticwolve]

heres a breif look at itv 2 with my take on a picon celebrity juice style
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[arcticwolve]

all pics so far above