Image sizes - confused

dusker24dusker24 Member Posts: 30
edited November -1 in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
Hi all,

I just made a test GS app with a handful of images, each around 15kb. In the viewer, it says my total images are 2.4mb. It doesn't add up. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

Tom

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  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598
    Hi dusker24, if you check out a blank GS file, you'll see that the project size is 2KB, so that accounts for a large chunk of it.

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  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Hey dusker24,
    I don't have GS installed at the moment but I assume you are referring to the readouts in the viewer.

    A great way to see what is going on is to simply open your GS file (the purple one ending in .gameproj) by right clicking on it and "dig in" ... so to speak.

    The 2.4 MBs are probably just what your images are taking up in memory.

    Are you aware about image sizes? For example, if you make a small image that is 280 x 280 pixels, it WILL take up the same space as a 512 x 512 pixel image?

    Maybe keep in mind on how the computer "sees" images and stick to these dimensions instead:
    128 x 128
    256 x 256
    512 x 512
    1024 x 1024

    There is lots to know at the beginning and I am starting to compile helpful info on one of my web sites: http://vga-studio.com (resources page)
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