Crazy Kong Sideart WIP

[Superully]

snatch this one for 2 euros 
http://cgi.ebay.fr/HP-Scanjet-4670-Durchsichtscanner-/220813386034?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item336980e132

@zorg: i could get in for you in exchange for those atari logo joysticks and the marble madness backdoor sheet which are still waiting for me at your place ...

[Etienne MacGyver]

After messing around in panoramafactory i was happy with the stitching result, but something strange happened to the colors  
So i decided to call in for help, since Ully did a great scan and stitch on the Vindicators sideart..
He told me he used another program, and that it worked very well  
So i gave it a go, and indeed the stitch is perfect and the colors are preserved  

Here an example of the two different programs:
the first is with panoramastudio, and the second with panoramafactory
I dont know what went wrong with the colors, but basicly the 2 programs do the same  



Then i started to look at the options of stitching all together in one go, but that did not work out well as you can see here  



The program assumes foto's so it calculates focal length and bold lens to compensate..
so i needed to use the option "document stitch"
after creating panorama's from each row of scans, i rotated them all and repeated the process with these rotated pictures



After a long time of rendering, a nice and clean hires sideart picture rolled out my laptop  



Thanks to Ully for the Super(Ully) tip  

[kroustibat]

great

but what's the name of the new program ? :p

[Belike]

Looks great, it's very nice to see a Zaccaria artwork in the vectormaster's work desk.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Here an example of the two different programs:
the first is with panoramastudio, and the second with panoramafactory

 

[kroustibat]

snatch this one for 2 euros 

http://cgi.ebay.fr/HP-Scanjet-4670-Durchsichtscanner-/220813386034?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item336980e132

take care that this is a unworking one. if zorg is not interested , i'm interested bidding on it (depend on shipping).

[Etienne MacGyver]

whoops, my bad, i was thinking its a working one.... 

[kroustibat]

Here an example of the two different programs:
the first is with panoramastudio, and the second with panoramafactory

 

  sorry

[Zorg]

if zorg is not interested , i'm interested bidding on it (depend on shipping).

go and bid for it, at lunch time I will pick one locally.

[kroustibat]

if zorg is not interested , i'm interested bidding on it (depend on shipping).

go and bid for it, at lunch time I will pick one locally.

thanks, but end of auction was 13:30 i decided not to bid anyway as it went to expensive for a non working one

[Etienne MacGyver]

After creating a new document with the correct dimentions, i can start with creating the outline of the cabinet
First create circles with the right diameter..



Then color them to see better what i am doing  



Okay, looks like it is one nice path after some seriouse stitching, cropping, splitting and merging  



exchange the fill with transparent, and make the stroke black..



i copied the outline and flipped it so now i got the left and right side as a template



It looks like i need to bend and shape the ck picture a bit more...  

anyway, not today  

if anybody has a better shot of the sideart, i am very interested !

[Etienne MacGyver]

Okay, now we have the outline..
Time to check the accuracy.
I squeezed in the scan and schrinked a bit so i can still clearly see the outline.
it is there for reference how to paste the paper together, because i did not know how illustrator calculated the pieces
First i printed it at my job on A3 paper, and here they are..




Looks like i got this puzzle complete 




Masking tape time 
Now i learned that illustrator did a good job on splitting the image for printing in tiles..
no overlap, just paste them straight to eachother..




After pasting them together, i cut it to shape..




Look honey , we got new wallpaper 




I went to my mothers where the cab is located to check the size..
 



I have measured and stitched the scans good, it fits exactly ! 




Now i can start with the artwork and use this outline as a template..
as you can see in the original artwork, there is a margin at the edges which i will also insert in the new artwork.
Then i will make the outline bigger so i have a stroke that is over the edge of the cabinet which i can trim off later after installing...

Lets hope this idea works... 
 

[Superully]

amazing work, etienne, and so wonderfully documented! a lot of fun following your ongoing efforts

[Zorg]

there  is a way with illustrator to have the puzzle parts printed with some references marks that will allows you to stitch the papaers easily and accuratly.

I'm not really helpfull, I've done it in the past, but I can't remember how to do. maybee our common friend google will be helpfull

[level42]

Hey Zorg, yours is one of the names I _really_ miss on Eurocade's list

(sorry to break into this wonderful thread....)