User talk:Pohly

logos question

how did you make this pohly? It is flat intead of diagonal. Ikip (talk) 14:41, 2 October 2023 (BST)

Hi! I looked a bit in the game files, and somewhere in there were the tiles - might have been in the map editor? need to check at home. Either way, there was essentially the logos of all stores, usually cropped into three or four pieces, and I fiddled them together in GIMP. From the top of my head I don't remember if I projected them afterwards, or if they were already front-facing. I can check if I still have the files once I'm home. Is that remotely helpful? /Pohly Oh also, I think I drew over the GIMP file in Inkscape in order to make it vector graphics. There is some "find boundaries" feature in Inkscape that essentially draws the complete outline, then I just had to fill the colors from the original correctly. /P PS: Found the files on my work computer. The ingame-graphics are rotated, I projected them within GIMP, then made a vector outline in Inkscape.

thank you. i have been adding all the logos from the game files as rotated.

for example:

you wrote:

"I projected them within GIMP, then made a vector outline in Inkscape." what is a vector outline, is that how they appear flat? Ikip (talk) 18:31, 2 October 2023 (BST)

I think I see what you mean. No, so, the "flatness" comes from essentially "projecting" the logo in GIMP / Photoshop. You take the logo and essentially try to "skew" it until it looks roughly right. I did this more or less by hand and until I felt it was right.

The vector part is only because the game-files didn't have a great resolution as far as I could see. The vector outline is done in Inkscape, as a result it converts the pixelated image into a scalable vector graphics that can be enlarged to your hearts desire. I then save a higher-resolution PNG which is what is uploaded to the wiki. Would it help you if I made a video tutorial? /P

yes thank you! that would be very helpful. I appreciate your time. Ikip (talk) 19:42, 2 October 2023 (BST)

So I've tried to make a screen recording - Link to video (remove the whitespace before .be) : https://youtu .be/29ZULSS6gvk - I don't know if this is helpful but it's an attempt. If anything is unclear don't hesitate to ask. I haven't done the inkscape step because it might be over the top, and is somewhat difficult for the example you posted. I can make another video about that if you feel you want to try that as well. --Pohly (talk) 08:50, 3 October 2023 (BST)

Zomboid Wiki - Straightening signs GIMP Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ZULSS6gvk brilliant! thank you! very informative! Ikip (talk) 21:34, 3 October 2023 (BST)

I shared your video with both admins and another user. thanks! Very useful! Ikip (talk) 21:43, 3 October 2023 (BST)

Glad it's helpful! I took the liberty of uploading that version to replace the old one. Again, let me know if you want to do Inkscape - I found that it's maybe not necessary to do that every time, unless you're the perfectionist type *cough*. And yes, of course it can be shared. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with ;-) --Pohly (talk) 21:46, 3 October 2023 (BST)

Directions to straighten logos

open GIMP

paste picture on existing blank picture or open file directly.

image >> crop to content

create new layer

fuzzy select with magic wand >> click the top area, then hold shift and click bottom area

delete the background (background now transparent)

select >> invert (sign selected)

shear

click image and move it to make image straight.

go to ruler and create line to make sure it is straight.

floating layer >> new lawyer remove old lawyer

remove white areas, using fuzzy button.

resolution

image >> scale image >>> 1000 pixles.

next step inkscape....

thanks again

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/PZwiki:News#November_2023 your mentioned here. Great work! Ikip (talk) 15:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the honours, always great if we can help each other out :-) --Pohly (talk) 10:08, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Project Zomboid Barnstar
		For his tireless work on images and making this wiki rock, this barnstar is awarded to Pohly. Ikip (talk) 23:12, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Feel free to change the ghastly spiffo that is already there, to another one, anyone you wish. See Category:Barnstars for the original barnstar, which you could use as the background. :) Ikip (talk) 23:13, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for reaching out. Just so that I understand, are you asking me to a) make whatever star I want for myself (only), or b) make a nicer-looking version of this star for general usage? I am assuming now it is the latter case, but just to make sure I don't sink time into something that I'm not asked for.... ;-) --Pohly (talk) 08:56, 21 November 2023 (UTC)