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The Rasterbator
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:02 am
by phantasmagoria
have you come across this before?
it takes an image (has to be below 1mb) and rasturbates it like a billboard poster and enables you to print it out on A3 and A4 pieces of paper which you can then stick together to make a massive image.
I just rasturbated one of the P38 from the WWII images thread:
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/getfil ... 7177091c2b
(it will be deleted after 3 hours)
edit: you'll be needing the link
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:04 am
by Foo
What a coincedence. I also just rasturbated.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:05 am
by phantasmagoria
small world
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:07 am
by Foo
I'm pleased with the results.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:13 am
by Bdw3
btw, your link redirects to their main page 
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:14 am
by Foo
BTW aside from the hilarously awesome name, the program is great. I'm gonna print some posters up at uni on Monday with this. Thanks!
I've downloaded the standalone version and am right now furiously rasturbating!
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:21 am
by [xeno]Julios
won't you need like a super high res file for that to work nicely, or are there algorithms that can expand an image without quality loss?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:22 am
by phantasmagoria
Bdw3 wrote:
btw, your link redirects to their main page
oops, i forgot to link to the actual site, but if my link does anyway, not to worry
The results weren't actually that pleasing, there wasn;t enough going on in the image, I've done one of the screencap my icon was taken from and it's great.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:23 am
by Foo
[xeno]Julios wrote:won't you need like a super high res file for that to work nicely, or are there algorithms that can expand an image without quality loss?
Try the program.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:27 am
by [xeno]Julios
I don't have a printer so i wouldn't be able to see the results. But I'm curious - does it employ any smoothing algorithm or some such thing to prevent pixelated blockiness?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:27 am
by Foo
the program outputs to PDF.
Try the program.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:31 am
by phantasmagoria
[xeno]Julios wrote:I don't have a printer so i wouldn't be able to see the results. But I'm curious - does it employ any smoothing algorithm or some such thing to prevent pixelated blockiness?
smoothing algorithms,
try the program
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:31 am
by [xeno]Julios
Foo wrote:the program outputs to PDF.
Try the program.
won't run - mscoree.dll missing.
i dloaded the dll, now it's giving me a .net framework initialization error.
mebe win98 can't handle it.
anyway, do you have an answer for my question?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:32 am
by phantasmagoria
all you should need is Adobe Acrobat Reader?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:33 am
by [xeno]Julios
phantasmagoria wrote:all you should need is Adobe Acrobat Reader?
hm - i downloaded the standalone program and tried running rasterbator.exe
i'm guessing there's an online interface - will check now
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:34 am
by losCHUNK
[xeno]Julios wrote:Foo wrote:the program outputs to PDF.
Try the program.
won't run - mscoree.dll missing.
i dloaded the dll, now it's giving me a .net framework initialization error.
mebe win98 can't handle it.
anyway, do you have an answer for my question?
wait, wait, wait just a cotton picking minute
win 98?!?!?!??!?!
lollerollrksingpark with an ample douse of whatthecuntingfuck?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:35 am
by Bdw3
It turns the image in to a giant ass pointilissm.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:36 am
by phantasmagoria
[xeno]Julios wrote:phantasmagoria wrote:all you should need is Adobe Acrobat Reader?
hm - i downloaded the standalone program and tried running rasterbator.exe
i'm guessing there's an online interface - will check now
Where did you get the stand alone exe? I was a little dissapointed they didnt have one.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:37 am
by [xeno]Julios
phantasmagoria wrote:[xeno]Julios wrote:phantasmagoria wrote:all you should need is Adobe Acrobat Reader?
hm - i downloaded the standalone program and tried running rasterbator.exe
i'm guessing there's an online interface - will check now
Where did you get the stand alone exe? I was a little dissapointed they didnt have one.
top of the page you linked to
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:39 am
by phantasmagoria
that would be the link in big bold letters.
edit: "applcation failed to initialise" oh well.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:40 am
by losCHUNK
phantasmagoria wrote: that would be the link in big bold letters.
eat my quarter pounder smart arse
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:40 am
by [xeno]Julios
Bdw3 wrote:It turns the image in to a giant ass pointilissm.
yea i just checked my pdf - all i could make out were newspaper dots.
I guess it looks decent from a distance.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:42 am
by phantasmagoria
[xeno]Julios wrote:Bdw3 wrote:It turns the image in to a giant ass pointilissm.
I guess it looks decent from a distance.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:34 am
by Foo
Application failed to initialise becuase you dont have the .net framework installed. Snag it from MS.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:35 am
by [xeno]Julios
Foo wrote:Application failed to initialise becuase you dont have the .net framework installed. Snag it from MS.
sokay got it to work with the online version.