Rinaldo said:
Hi Donovan, I had the same idea and I posted it on anitalian forum but some expert kit makers said me that it should not be very useful because of the distortion and blurr introduced. What do you think about it ?
Couse I am not a kit maker at all, if we want to make a try, I should need map of which area of a 2005 kit should be mapped in which area of a 2006 kit. Then I will write a short program taking care of all the scale factors and interpolation.
Well, for me, I not too concerned about the blurr. I mean, I just want to easily convert my USL 2005 kits to 2006 format. Also I have many other national teams from 2005 that could be used also for the ISP patch. I'm not a kit maker on the extreme sense, where everything has to be perfect. I make kits, there average I would say, but not bad.
Right now, it takes me about 15 min to a half an hour to convert one kit. So for just my USL league alone a kit converter may save me 20 hours. But I don't know if making a utility will take that long to make.
As for mapping, it would only be important to make sure the cuts from the 2005 kit would match up exactly with the 2006, and look good in game, example: addidas stripes down the sides lining up. on the shoulders and sleeves. That may take a little tickering, but once the utility is perfected, I think it would save a huge amount of time for patch makers, I may even add Copa Libertadores, and All qualification zones in the ISP if I can convert kits quickly. Because all the teams have been made for 2005.
I don't want to put a huge burden on kit makers, especially for kits that have already been made. \
Well, my basic opinion, 2005 kits look ok in game converted to 2006. And having a slightly blurred kit is better than having none.
Just my opinion, I can help with the mapping. I already know what peices go where if that's what you wondering. but I don't know pixel size right now, I guess I could figure that out somehow. But pixel size isn't as important as placement.
All my kits I have of 2005 are basically 2gk, so I would want to convert to 2gk to 2gk if possible.
I would love to see a utility like this.