woody64
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Yes I had a similar problem with images.
There seems to be a limit for both.
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I've added a new customized library index to the minifig generator, which is a direct manipulated copy of the first two entries in the thread.
The idea is to make this an automatic process, which is done once a week. Hope I can manage that ...
Andreas
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Back from vacation I saw some new decals from Mosana. Maybe somebody finds this tip usefull:
Mini Howto for quick trial of decals given in one of these threads:
Firefox:
Copy Image Address (Right click menu)
Ctrl-v in the Adress field of the Minifig generator
Load Decal from Address (Picture Icon beyond the minifig)
That's it ... afterwards change body, hat and trousers as apropriate for the decal
andreas
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There are a lot of news now:
I: New Torsos:
- Lord Doom
- Bonaparte
- Minifig Customization Pirates
- Minifig Customization
- Woody64
- Some more from Mosana
- New Heads and Legs
II. IE and Firefox now use the same Version
III. Simple Format for custom contributions:
- Help
- Example
- including some enhanced possibilities to add extra stuff like html code, ...
- a mail interface to send custom decal files to me for incorporation
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- Additional methods for sizing and position of a custom decal
- no need to use decals with transparent background. The background is removed via a trick ...
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- Both windows can now be used with all sorts of Libraries.
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- Loading and browsing of html pages in the left window
- from there decals can be overtaken with 3 clicks to the minifig,
- so all decals available on the web are usable
andreas
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Ooh ooh ooh! I just discovered something. I think the reason the firefox version doesn't work in IE is because the table isn't spaced, it expands with the page. Can you space each cell so that the table size never changes. Then maybe that one version will work in both browsers!Would be a great enhancements since IE version always is far behind ...
Will that check during weekend since I added a new version and some additional features today.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. Let the trapezoid free? You mean leave the rest of the blue in? The cell can just have a blue background...Sorry if I'm missing your point.
Size matters not. :-D the torso loaded should not be a gif, since gifs are not good for printing.
The image has to cover all the parts which are not inside the place where the torso decal lies. With this method all things which do not belong to the decal are removed.
The point is that I've switched completely to the original decals from the creator. No matter what they are.
The ones in the right window are still the manipulated ones. But they will be replaced by the originals in the near future.
So with this point we can use any decal available but have to use what the contributor provides ....
(You can already check this by providing the web address of any decal you find on brickshelf and press afterward "load Image")
Maybe I should provide a possibility to change the size and the position. Then really any image can be used.
Andreas
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Is this what you are looking for?Thanks:
Yes, but the gif should only let the trapezoid free, to cover all unnecessary things surrounding the decal.
The epaulets are already incorporated ...
When you press "load the torso" you can already load the decal in original size ....
Andreas
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I will definitely take a look at it for you. My javascript is rusty (then oil it!) so I'm sure I'll have questions for you...Only try to make the torsos. And try that in a html builder if my idea is ok.
The javascript part and adding an additional image should be no big problem ...
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I think the functions you wrote in the first one were impressive as well. Javascript can be annoying because they update it so often and browsers don't treat it the same. You should look into .asp and .phpNeed any more help from me with images? And really, the progress you made on the generator in such a small amount of time is impressive...
Currently I vote for Javascript since that can be done only with web space ...
I did a small hack for the automatic load of a library ...
The most anoying problem is the background of the decals which overwrites the torso. Even if the others contibute decals with transparent colors, that won't work for custom decals found in the net...
My idea would be to add an additional torso element consisting of the old one where the body is left transparent.
If that lies on top of the sticker it would cover the background of the sticker.
(remaining arms and blue background and maybe some small frame for the torso.
Do you think you can manage to make an example out of the existing one and try if that works ....
andreas
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Hey great work! You are a javascript mastermind. Way to write functions! *y* The alignment is perfect in IE and in firefox now. Don't you hate that cross-browser crap? If only there were one ring to validate them all...Sorry to disapoint you, but I started to learn some javascript this week ...
Hope also to get rid of the two entry points caused by different browsers ...
andreas
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...Second: If I put a decal on a fig, the gray around the decal is still there..
I see you also included shoulder pads! Looks quite good! *y*
Apart from those little problems the only thing I can say about this generator is that it looks fine!
It only doesn't work properly on IE, but I have firefox...
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Yes. "The grey is still there" is a common problem. You can get rid of it when you change the grey in your decals to transparent.
On Linux I do it with convert. There should also be some possibilities on Windows ...
There's an minifig-gen3-ie for the Internet explorer. Do you use that as starting point ???
Andreas
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Added additional menu for navigation and incorporation of foreign libraries:
New (easy) Javascript Format to specify a library of torsos.
- Loading the libarry
- Showing the library
Possibility to specifiy a torso via http address and to pin it on a minifig.
Added Mosana's minor countries:
Sweden, Brunswick, ...
Added Mr. Tibers's torsos.
Two major problem which have to be solved:
- none of the existing torsos use transparent as background colour. Therefore pinning it on the torso show's the background of the decal instead the colour of the torso.
- loading the library should show it immedeatly. An extra step "Show the library is required". That's an javascript problem I have to solve ...
andreas
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I think I have reached a major point now and we can discuss what's missing or wrong:
- IE and Firefox: Currently 2 versions available (minifig-gen-ie.html and minifig-gen.html). Solution to have one is deferred ...
SOLVED: generated minifigs can now be shown with both browsers
OPEN: two different entry point: minifig-gen3 and minifig-gen3-ie
- Download of Torsos: Currently the gif is given. If a png is preferred it should be no big problem
- Download the Minifig: Can be done via Create-Minifig
- Epaulets: Code and example available only waiting for further images.
- Other Libraries: Waiting for other contributions.
- Heads, Torsos, Legs: Waiting for contributions
Andreas
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The problem with x and y is that everyone uses a different screen resolution, so 90 pixels from the left edge of your screen is not 90 pixels from the edge of mine. That is the problem with using that method, my suggestion would be to justify the whole figure to the left edge, because 0 is 0 no matter what screen resolution you use...To my point of view firefox behaves correctly. When drwaing an image which is 90px then the delta from the next drawing position is -90px to start with the same x-position (no matter of the screen position).
But I think that needs some investigations ...
There's now a new minifig-gen3-ie.html which should work with the IE. Unfortunately the loadTorso does not ...
:-/ :'-( *n* ....
Always the same with IE ....
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EDIT: Now that I'm done gushing with compliments, I discovered a little glitch. When I visit the generator the epaulettes are off center. I viewed the source but can't tell how you're adding them. Is it a layer?Please try oncemore. I've changed the image maybe you have taken a look on the old one.
If you take a look at the source of the html you will find two images:
One image is repositioned via css parameter "margin-left: -90px". That moves the 2nd image directly over the other.
Not a big magic but it works for the torso and the decal and also for the epaulette.
And will also work for other faces if neded.
By the way: Loading the torso is ready. I didn't follow your attempt since I don't want to change all the decal sides. But you can load the torso in a seperate window now.
Andrea
UUPPS:
I've noticed the problem. It's a different behaviour between IE and Firefox. Now it will become complicated ..
Yesterday when I've checked it it was OK ???
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Awesome, you are a web designing stud! Just curious, how did you deal with the overlap? Or maybe there is no overlap, I haven't seen the files.I will help by compiling whatever torsos and heads I can find. Do we want to do multi-colored legs, ie. blue hips, black legs, etc. Should I just match the new files to the current files in terms of dimensions and background colors or does that change with the epaulettes and the hats being separate. Let me know and I will start cranking out some .jpgs
I've stored the epaulette changes on the server and you can take a look on it.
The image itself is rather ugly. So for that we need an exchange very soon ... (SOLVED)
For legs, we should use only legs with one colour (original lego colours). If somethings else will be needed for the future we can use the same technique as for the torsos ...
All dimensions remain as they were the overlapping is only done with two images beside overlapped via css margin-left ..
I don't know where the original images came from, maybe bricklink was a source ...
Thanks for your help ...
andreas
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But, the epaulettes overlap the torso's shoulders. We can't use the same technique unless we have options for every torso with every color epaulettes. And that is a lot of options... If we are going to do more faces, we will need to address how to overlap all the hats with the faces anyway. Do you think we can use layers if we justify the completed figure to the left and keep the options menus centered?I've already checked the technique with epaulettes. And it works. With the same mechanism we can also address faces ...
shako:
lancer:
helmet:
grenadier
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X-D Yay! Good. I'm glad we were able to work together on this. Where can I find the custom heads and torsos? I can dowload the and resize and send them to you...Mr Tiber
Correct me if I'm wrong Woody, but the method we are using doesn't make adding the shoulder dealies :-|| very plausible. We are stacking imbedded frames that can't overlap. If we jsutified the whole thing to the left, we could use a layer to add shoulder dealies...
What do you think Woody?
The custom heads are the last 4 on the original one.
lancer - quite ok - I think
dragoon helmet - can be improved
infantry shako - ok
grenadier shako - a lot improveable
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there can be a lot of custom's added based on the discussion/pictures you find in the shako thread
shoulder epaulettes: should work withnthe same technique as the decal and the torso. I will take a look on it later ...
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Mr.Tiber:
Will you also try to include shoulder pads? I would like that even more!Not considered yet. Can you give me an example ...
I suppose you will also inlcude the decals of other designers in this?Therefore help would be needed to incorporate all the other decals ...
hinckley
Did you use the imbedded frames?I've added my logic to your template ...
If you need any more help, let me know...Yeah .... here's a list of needed things
a) more heads
a1) there are some custom heads but not all of them look really good. Maybe you can make some better designs
b) more torsos
c) more legs
d) a menu for loading the starting tree into each library
e) and even other parts of the library ...
Andreas
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I've adopted the template:
http://members.cheese.at/woody/minifig-gen...nifig-gen3.html
also I've added the rest of my existing torso libs.
There's now an index added at the beginning to navigate also to other countries.
The main idea behind is that this library can reside on any external host. For example norrington can build his torsos in an similar way. What's needed afterwards is only one link for loading the starting html file for one library (which then can also lie outside of the main server and can be changed and maintained by the owner)
For this starting link we only need one menu in the main template for navigation.
bonaparte: download the torso ...
The same as provided in the original can be done. Mounting the figure in a seperate windows which can be "stored as" by the browser.
If you only want to download the torso then you have to click on the context menu for the torso image. There you can view it and store it.
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EDIT #2: Hey woody, I can squeeze a menu in there for separate countries, great idea. Do you mean vertical sliders?a) Maybe that's caused by me screen resolution, but I do get horizontal sliders for each of the 3 frames.
b) I've changed the layout to use the original stickers during the last 2 days. The torso is no built from a torso without a sticker and the sticker image is placed on top.
c) I also plan a change to use a transparent torso and a color chooser for filling the torso. The same can be done for the legs which minimizes the space needed for this items but on th other hand gives a lot more oportunities.
I've already taken a look on some color chooser. And I think there should also be the possibility to add the original lego color set.
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..I used imbedded frames so it would be compatible with more browsers and designed it to look more like classic-pirates.com since this is it's ultimate destination. I also changed some of the sizes. Let me know what you think.
The template is now nearby classic pirates.com.
What's needed is:
- a menu to choose different countries
- there should be no need for a horizontal slider
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But you are making excellent progress adding all these decals.Is there a way to provide a links to the actual decals? Now this tool is great for viewing, but if you need to download a decal, you still need to go to the torso library.
You can save and store the decal directly from the side with save picture as
By the way: my IE doesn't show the transparency correct. Is this behaviour also seen by somebody else ...
SOLVED: I must not use .png files. I've replaced them with gifs.
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I mean the template that was used for www.classic-pirates.com. But I'm not really an expert in webdesign.We can arrange with Mr. Phes to give you ftp-access, so you can work on a page for the torso library.
There could be an extra link in the menu to this part of the site.
But it has to look like it is integrated.
It would be much easier if Mr. Phes was here, but he's away at the moment.
Maybe we should wait till Mr.Phes is back ...
Currently I've adopted all Mosana's decals for Austria, Russia, Britain, Prussia and French.
If Mr.Phes is back we can hand it over and discuss how to integrate it ...
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So basically all torso's need to be manipulate to remove the background?Can you re-use the template of classic-pirates.com?
Yes the background has to be switched to transparent.
Which template do you mean? The template has another layout ...
But it's possible to use only one frame as head and to position the pirates.com image inside ...
French Red Lancer and Austrian Uhlan
in Minifig Customisation Workshop
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I gave Mosana's tutorial a try and did a remake of some of my old Austrian designs:
Landwehr Salzburg: Officer - NCO - soldier
Artillery:
Chevauleger:
Landwehr Corinthea: Officer - NCO - soldier
Hauptmann Hensel, Erzherzog Karl
Infantry (with one of Mosana's originals): Officer - soldier - Hungarian soldier
Cuirassier
Light Infantry