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mattr69

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Layout pictures
« on: June 12, 2011, 09:25:31 am »
Hi,

In my layout I have an in-game snap and the flyer over the top of each other so if the flyer doesn't exist the in-game snap will be visible. This almost always gives me something to display in the layout.

Because the images are rather small on my ArcageVGA layout ignoring the aspect ratio works well and they fill the defined area. However when I bring up the game info window with the in-game snap and other images and control panel images etc don't look very good because the proportions are not correct.

If preserve the aspect ratio the game info images look great but often the in-game snap is visible behind the flyer.

Can anyone suggest a better way of doing this?

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Matt

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Re: Layout pictures
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 02:34:37 am »
Stretching the layout pics also results in stretching info-window pics. Can't help you with that but if someone else has a "workaround" for that I'd love to hear it.

What you could do for your layout (snaps showing behind the flyer-problem) without using stretch, so images in the info window are "normal", is

a) make a copy of your snaps in a new folder and then copy the flyers to that folder overwriting existing images

b) point mala to that new folder as for example being "snap/title", also make sure in your layout there's only a snap/title window

c) to still be able to see snaps and flyers of a game in the info window, you go to your mala option and change the artwork directories (eg snap/title=the new folder, marquee pic=the original flyer folder, cpanel pic=the original snap folder) if it is for mame you're using those flyers, you could ofc use for example definable 1,2,3... instead of cpanel pic or marquee pic

d) go to mala options -> GUI -> info window. Change Snap entry (type=image, image type=cpanel or def1...whatever you took, title=Snap) and add if needed flyer (type=image, image type=marquee or def2...whatever you took, title=Flyer). Be aware doing this for other emu's then mame means you'll have to change the image directories for those other emu's 2

Hope this helps :cheers:

You could also photoshop every single flyer, giving it a border  :timebomb: