Computer Science Canada A few questions... |
| Author: | bruized [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A few questions... |
I'm wondering if there's a better choice between using a .wav, .mp3 or any other supported extension in Turing? Is there one that slows down the program more? Is there a certain size that one should be so that it doesn't cause really slow fps? I'd like to add music to some programs but I'm not sure if I should. Also, I tried to draw a picture in Turing but I'm having a little problem. I saved my picture as a .jpg (because they have the smallest size) drew it in Turing using PicMerge so that the white background becomes transparent however the odd pixels are shown making the picture look horrible (it was on a black background). I'm wondering if there's a way to get rid of this, using Turing or just editing the picture and re-saving it. Should I save it as a .bmp instead? Would that slow the program down because .bmp are a larger size. Or does it not make a difference and I should just go with some other extension that doesn't show the odd pixels. I know this is quite a bit of questions (I had some more but I can't remember them at the moment) but their just there so that you guys know exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:34 pm ] |
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I think either .mp3 or .wav would be about equivalent in terms of speed. However, if you want to distribute your game, you want it to be small. So in that regard, you should use .mp3's. As for the image, try re-editing it to make sure those pixels really are white. Then save it as a jpg and try it again. If they're still there, save it as a .bmp (of course do this on the re-edited version, not the old version). |
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| Author: | bruized [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:38 pm ] |
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Thanks a lot. That really helped. I saved it as a .bmp and that helped but .bmp are a lot larger than .jpg I'm pretty sure and less universal so I'll go edit the picture like you said and see if that works. And I most likely will use .mp3 in my programs because most of my music is in that format. I was just wondering if any other extension would be better. Again, Thanks. |
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