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    Bestiary Page Images

    For pages about an entire species (Wyvern, Trolls, Roc, Vamps, Avatars, Golems, etc), I'm thinking about using photoshoped versions of Altana Viewer models.

















    Thoughts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yugl View Post
    Thoughts?
    Looks awesome, go for it.

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    Would you mind commenting on the background as well? I have some alternatives here (Personally prefer white, but lets see what the posters think):






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    I find white a bit bland, but it might blend better with the wiki background.

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    Will be within a thumbnail, so borders will be defined at the least.



    Changed up the pattern a bit to get this. I like this new pattern.

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    I'm reiterating, but they look fucking amazing. Good poses, camera angles, and nice filter.

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    Almost done with pictures for each species. I'm missing some beastmen, empties, unclassified, and *maybe* different elementals (I have a picture of an elemental and avatar, but beastiary page separates the elements). Just a few of the pictures I would like to share though:






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    Raptor is fantastic. Serves its purpose, and doubles as a humorous "dafuq u lookin at".

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    For the individual mob type pages (Called "Genus"), we'll be revamping the pages with the following in mind:

    Code:
    Genus Template
    	Japanese
    	Kingdom
    	Phylum
    	Class
    	Order
    	Genus
    	Species
    
    	Common Crystal Affinity
    	Common Susceptible
    	Common Resist
    	Common Immune
    	
    	Common Traits (Use color from Traits page)
    		Name
    		Effect
    		Condition
    	Common Abilities (Use color from Abilities page)
    		Name
    		DMG Type (Physical/Magical/Spiritual)
    		Effect
    		Condition
    		Range (Single/AoE Center/AOE Target/Linear/Conal)
    		Notes
    	NQ Versions
    		(Sortable; Name/Level/Location)
    	HQ Versions
    		(Sortable; Name/Level/Location)
    Also, would people mind looking at these templates and say which is preferable?

    http://bg-wiki.com/bg/User_talk:Yugl#New_Template_3

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    I find Template 3 much better. Template 2 looks worse with the image detached from the rest.

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    Threw up another template (4). Minor change to template 3 because I was getting agitated by that space between the wing and the border.

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    Still like 3 better, as I'm not fond of that frame for the image. I feel 3 looks more integrated with the rest of the data.

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    Not only does it look good, it makes me wish FFXI could look like this style. I'm having one of those moments where I forget everything I've ever learned about Photoshop, what is(are) the filter(s) you are using called?

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    The spoiler shows what this action pack does:
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    Copy the image and paste (Make sure the layer says "Layer 1" instead of "Background." Duplicate the image 5x using ctrl+j command.

    (1=Bottom Image 5=Top image)

    Skip image1
    Put image2 on luminosity and do Filter > Artistic > Cutout (Set to 2/4/4 bottom-up)
    Put image3 on screen and do Filter > Artistic > Dry Brush (Set to 3/10/10 bottom-up)
    Put image4 on soft light and do Filter > Noise > Median (Set to 12)
    Put image5 on color burn and do Filter > Sketch > Graphic Pen (Set to 6/5 bottom-up)
    On image5, do Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur (2.5 or 3)
    Set foreground color to black > Select > Color Range (Set to 85)
    Select layer 1 (Image 1) and ctrl+J (This should duplicate the selected portion of that image)
    Move this duplicated layer to the top > Filter > Sketch > Graphic pen (Set to 6/5 bottom-up)


    The action pack: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/65839275/Pu...y%20Images.atn

    Place that within the
    Program Files (x86) > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop CS2 > Presets > Photoshop Actions Folder

    When you open up Photoshop, to the far right, you'll see History/Action Tabs. Go to the action tab and click on the arrow pointing to the right to open/load the action pack.

    Once you've used the action pack on an image, you can still edit the image. I didn't like the result of some of them; in those cases, I hid the layer with the graphic pen (And sometimes the blurred layer as well) and redid the graphic pen part. Instead of using black as the foreground, I would pick the color of the mob's shadow (Like dark red if Naraku or dark purple if Jormy) and use that for the graphic pen part. Sometimes you need to mess with the opacity of different layers to get the result you want.

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    Thoughts on this please
    http://bg-wiki.com/bg/User:Yugl/Sandbox/FFXIZoneArea#v2

    Areas just look bad in general, but I imagine people want a picture for each zone regardless.

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    v1 or 2 look fine, 3 looks out of place.

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    Are v1/2 preferable to a large image with a thumbnail? Keep in mind that would push the table to a new section (Probably called Geography).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yugl View Post
    Are v1/2 preferable to a large image with a thumbnail? Keep in mind that would push the table to a new section (Probably called Geography).
    Personally, I think we should stick to the current larger header image since most of the pages actually have one. It is easier to get a few dozen pictures for ones that don't have than 243 new ones for all of them.

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    If the issue is images, we can technically cut a few from the existing images (And I clippered the hell out of the test server for those images anyways) and upload as {{PAGENAME}}-Preview or w/e and that will automatically add them to the page.

    That said, what would be the preferred format for the page using the existing pictures?

    TOC Image

    Image
    TOC Zone Info

    or other configuration?

    Edit: The page shows some of the new icons uploaded btw. Red background = Aggros. Blue is non-aggressive. The link obviously means links lol.