checking the provided links and several cpc-pieces i've stored on my harddisk i believe you're not right with the resolution rule / the template..
it seems you want to emulate 'Mode 0' witch is 160x200. from what i understood, that mode doesn't consist of widepixels, rather than that the widepixel-look just results from displaying it on a screen which naturally is 4:3 and thus the template must be 320x200 with 2x1 slots (or 160x100 with normal pixels and streched later on)
thatswhy the guy on this 160px pic here http://www.gfxzone.org/articles/cpc_graphics-example_mode_0.png is quite narrow and only looks right if streched to double the width when displayed on a screen
Is a book cover just the picture or must it also include title-n-stuff?
Note: The black and white used in both grids are exactly the same as the ones in the palette. The white is pure (default) white, but the black has a slight difference from default MS Paint black.
i might do the holy bible*, or my fav book about the numeric calculation of heat flows, thermal briges and surface temperatures.. or wait: disney! my chance to do mickey mouse =P
* in case someone wants to illustrate the coran, keep in mind to not depict the prophet (to avoid ppl burning pixeljoint-flags =)
I'm guessing this is the MsPaint brush tutorial:
isnt't 150x200wide (320x200) the mode in which you can only pick 4 colors out of the 27 color platette and 80x200wide (160x200) the one with 16 out of 27? i mean, you're talking about "emulating" the cpc
also, just because i'm interested: found some 384x264x4bpp cpc-pieces on my hdd, fakemode? enlighten me
This might be the challenge to get me to actually post something here. ;D
I've allways wanted to try widepixel and this seems like the motivation. Maby i'll do and Ian Irvine book since that's what i'm currently reading. : )
i hope the ops will reject every single harry potter piece for revision..