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Title: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: RayB on November 22, 2004, 12:37:02 pm
Saint,
I'm starting to see new buttons showing up and it looks good. Keep it up....

But the smilies... Who modified that? Looks like someone just took the old ones, and used a PhotoShop BLUR effect on it. The end results are.... well what would you expect--BLURRY!

Give us the old ones back, or have someone create REAL new ones, not just a half-assed blur filter. There's nothing wrong with "pixel" artwork. No need to smooth them. On the other hand, if you insist on wanting "smoothed" (anti-aliased) smilies, let me do it. I used to do pixel style art for video games and I was an expert at anti-aliasing by hand (as well as an expert at making stuff look three dimensional, but still drawn by hand in pixels).

~Ray B.  :(


Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: JoyMonkey on November 22, 2004, 01:07:06 pm
they look kinda the same as the old ones, but bolder somehow.
 :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: sirwoogie on November 22, 2004, 01:09:22 pm
This is the default set included with the new software. I agree, I liked the old set better. I'll see if I can include them as an option to the user profile for selection.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: SirPeale on November 22, 2004, 01:15:08 pm
This is the default set included with the new software. I agree, I liked the old set better. I'll see if I can include them as an option to the user profile for selection.

What you can do is rape them from the old set, rename them to whatever the new ones are, and place the old ones in their place.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: sirwoogie on November 22, 2004, 01:17:37 pm
Way ahead of you Peale ;) The classic set is back and ready. You can change this in the forum profile:


Modify Profile -> Look and Layout Preferences -> Current Smiley Set -> classic

Will enable the old icons
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: SirPeale on November 22, 2004, 01:20:09 pm
Cool!  Now if you can fix it so I can see attachments (seems like it's just me, I just tried another account, and could see them) I'll  be quite happy.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: RayB on November 22, 2004, 01:22:49 pm
Great........

My offer to draw a set still stands. Maybe they could be space invader smilies.

~Ray B.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: sirwoogie on November 22, 2004, 01:27:33 pm
Wow, board permissions are picky. I've reset all relationships to view and all members to post. It wasn't picking up the moderator permissions, so it should be good.

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Great........

My offer to draw a set still stands. Maybe they could be space invader smilies.

~Ray B.

By all means! I'll make them an available set to all Forum members if you do them up. If you want the text equivalent for reference the forum has configured, let me know via PM.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: DrewKaree on November 23, 2004, 02:01:34 am
Hey, if I've got some from another board, could they be implemented here as well?
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: sirwoogie on November 23, 2004, 10:30:37 am
Is this a collection available for download, or are they part of another forum? If they are part of an available download, then sure. If they are "ripped" from another forum, I would require the acceptance of that forum administrator(s) prior to consideration.
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: Minwah on November 23, 2004, 11:57:46 am
Cool, the old ones are back :)
Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: DrewKaree on November 23, 2004, 07:22:51 pm
Is this a collection available for download, or are they part of another forum? If they are part of an available download, then sure. If they are "ripped" from another forum, I would require the acceptance of that forum administrator(s) prior to consideration.
Gotcha on the rip, and I'll check the terms of use for some other ones I was pointed to.

Title: Re: New Smilies are UGLY
Post by: RayB on November 23, 2004, 09:25:43 pm
I made up a set of Space Invaders smilies I call "Invadies". You can view them here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,27943.0.html