Nebula ? I'm looking for nebulae bitmap fills or symbols
JimP
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This is for my own web sites, so it doesn't have to be official.
In CA 80 are pulsar and nova symbols, but they don't work for a nebula.
I have thought of copyright free photos from Astronomy Photo of the Day, but I would rather have different ones.
Or if you know of a bitmap fill I could slightly modify, that would be good to. I have no artist skills.
Thanks.
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Something better than this. sand light bitmap fill, a pulsar symbol, green line, and ice bitmap fill; with transparency on all but the symbol.
How about using a polygon with a solid color fill, and transparency and edge fade? Basically similar to the starship background from the 2007 annual that Ralf used in today's livestream. Look at https://youtu.be/oYd4mL9Hdbc?t=590 and watch for a few seconds to see before and after effects are turned on. You may want a slightly higher opacity than that template uses.
I'll check it. I was out of the house during the live video.
If you're still considering using images Jim, you might just try a simple search for "nebula images". There are a LOT out there now, and many are freely available. If you're wanting a specific type of nebula (e.g. "dark", "planetary"), just add that to the search terms.
I might have time today. Thanks for the pointer.
You might also try the Hubble Telescope site. The have some fantastic images.
Are you looking for a nebula symbol, or for a complete image to use as a background?
I have a relatively simple nebula image (not a real one, but one I made in GIMP). You could have this one, but I don't know if it is what you are looking for. It would have to be a background image only as it isn't a seamless texture.
If you do want it, let me know what size (it's square).
Something on the edge of a space lane of space ship traffic.
Not background, but a location.
That might work. I'll get it Saturday. On my cell.
Size. Hmm... anywhere between 200 and 500 pixels wide
Sorry. I keep not reading all of your post. A symbol would be best.
Thanks greatly.
Ok. I think that will probably be a bit too small to look good.
I've trimmed it to work as a symbol, but I'm not sure it will look all that great on a background that is different to the one it began its life on, but if it works it works, and if not, it doesn't.
I'll try it out today and let you know.
And here it is in a map. I can stretch it to cover more 'space'. Each hexagon is one light year.
I can do a larger one if you need it to be higher resolution, Jim. The original is 6000 px.
It looks ok on that less starry background. If you like it but need a better resolution (a larger png file) just say so.
what are those vertical lines at the edges of the image? Is that a fault in the symbol I made, or something else in the map?
The vertical lines are the edge of the sub-sector.
I think I can use a larger one. This one upthread does expand when I insert it into the map.
There is a 2000 px version of the same thing in my album here. I wasn't able to do a larger version as a png, and couldn't upload it here because of the size. This is a very large symbol, and probably the largest I can do.
https://forum.profantasy.com/profile/gallery/4615/Loopysue/161
The alternative is a jpg background image.
I've also made the nebula itself a bit brighter than before so that it shows up a little better.
Thank you very much. I have IrfanView so I can change it.
Outdoors, I'll get it later. Again, thank you !
You're welcome, Jim :)
If there is anything you can't do to it because of the dark background I gave it to block any massively starry starfield from drowning it, just let me know.
Not a problem, I don't use starry backgrounds on my Sector maps, just the sub-sector ones.
Back indoors, had to move my car while a relative mowed the yard.