Looking for Galactic Empire/Republic symbols /w transparency

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-09 11:22am

I know nothing of .png files, but I want to use SW a GE/GR symbol in GalCiv 2. So, does anyone know where I could find one in 256x256 with an alpha channel?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-09 10:50pm

None? Where would I even FIND such a thing? The SDN symbol is good, but it's too low-quality to have attached to my ships and colonies. I may cry.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2006-03-10 06:33am

I just made this up with what knowledge I had... not sure about alpha channels. But, I hope this'll do for you.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-10 06:36am

You MADE that? Buh? I'm just going to cry now...

Thats amazing! I'd ask how you made that but my head would explode. I have learnt (w00t) how to add transparencies, so it's no problem. Thanks a lot - finding high-quality versions of these symbols is proving to be a pain in the ass.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2006-03-10 06:37am

That looks awesome. Could you make a blue version for me instead of red please? (Imperials are usually blue, Rebs are red...)

I'll test it out regardless of color later today.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2006-03-10 06:43am

Thanks.

Turning that actual red file blue is no problem. Just move the Hue slider until you turn the whole thing blue. Only works if you have one color on there. Wreaks havoc on a multiple-colored image, though.

Edit: Actually making it is just a matter of using the "#" character when you're on the ubiquitous "Star Jedi" font. It's not really smooth, so you have to smooth out some of the jagged font outlines once it's rastered (converted into image from outlines) in Photoshop.

Click here for the font

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-10 06:45am

It works fucking great. It's got a transparency already, and it looks SWEET in all GC2 roles (strategic icon, badge, and background symbol for some windows). It boggles the mind people can just whip that up ...

Meanwhile I'm trying to clean up some FS and Macross symbols for use, but the sources are so crap it's really hard. I'd like to use TriOptimum from System Shock as well, but the only image I can find is blurry 32x32.

Does anyone know how the Republic symbol differs from the Empire symbol? I know it's similar (cog-like), but I don't recall seeing it clearly in the movies.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2006-03-10 06:47am

Stark wrote:It works fucking great. It's got a transparency already, and it looks SWEET in all GC2 roles (strategic icon, badge, and background symbol for some windows). It boggles the mind people can just whip that up ...

Meanwhile I'm trying to clean up some FS and Macross symbols for use, but the sources are so crap it's really hard. I'd like to use TriOptimum from System Shock as well, but the only image I can find is blurry 32x32.

Does anyone know how the Republic symbol differs from the Empire symbol? I know it's similar (cog-like), but I don't recall seeing it clearly in the movies.

Check the official GalCiv website, and look under Library --> Logos. There's already several UN Spacy/Macross symbols there.

They also have UFP, nBSG Colonial, Homeworld, and the Peacekeeper logo, to say the highlights.

Edit- Link to Macross-
http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=30
http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=28
I use the top one, but I'm not sure which would look better.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2006-03-10 06:48am

Stark wrote:Does anyone know how the Republic symbol differs from the Empire symbol? I know it's similar (cog-like), but I don't recall seeing it clearly in the movies.

IIRC, it has 8 spokes instead of 6.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-10 06:49am

They have a library now?

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2006-03-10 06:50am

Yes, of mods. I edited in the Macross Logo links, by the way, to my post above.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-10 06:54am

The UN Spacy ones aren't matt enough for my liking, the politcal parties mod kicks ass. I didn't know they'd actually been updating it: maybe I should submit the stuff I've been doing for a Starcon mod...

Archon · Post by **Archon** » 2006-03-10 11:56am

Stark wrote:Does anyone know how the Republic symbol differs from the Empire symbol? I know it's similar (cog-like), but I don't recall seeing it clearly in the movies.

Republic Symbol:

Empire Symbol:

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2006-03-10 12:30pm

Seeing as this thread is moving in the direction of general logos, heres two race logos I photochopped for good/evil humans. The good is the UN logo over one of the games originals for background, while the evil is the ST mirrorverse's logo on the (modified) Dread lords logo.

Anyways:

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-10 07:47pm

That's all excellent!

I wish *I* had arty talent stuff....

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2006-03-10 09:32pm

Thanks to Archon's post as reference, I've made up the Republic logo from scratch using Illustrator, and converted it to a transparent png in Photoshop.

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2006-03-11 03:54am

Stark wrote:That's all excellent!

I wish *I* had arty talent stuff....

I actualy "cheated" a lot because I don't have "arty talent stuff". Both of mine are basicly the source logos cut out out of their original, colors of the logo/planet replaced using the replace color brush/tool so that they are uniform and then modified using the global image color replacement tool until I got a color that I liked. Then its all about blending the logo and the background together.

In the UN one I used the cheapest way to make something look good (without it you would see some major flaws with it) - the bevel and emboss layer blending option, while in the evil one I used outer glow and outer shadow. Finaly, on the evil one I applied a lens correction filter (its vignette subfunction) to make it a bit more sinister.

All in all, actual artistic talent = 0 (notice that I never used any of the actual brush tools). I can't draw any original work of a quality beyond a 1st grade kid...