HD Skyboxes

Still too large, I think. I ran your images of Light Blue Skybox2 through OptiPNG without even messing with any parameters, and it managed to reduce the total size from 4.4MB to 2.8MB. To anyone uploading PNGs, I suggest using this first.[/quote]

Wait, are you saying that the images all together cannot exceed megabyte?

Total image size of Light Blue Skybox2 after converted to .png:
2.85MB

Total image size of Light Blue Skybox after converted to .png:
3.42MB

Total image size of Peaceful Morning after converted to .png:
2.95MB

Also, Testin;

Do you use something like terragen to create those skyboxes? Iā€™ve used it in the past for little vignettes and Iā€™m wondering if I can use it for skyboxes.

[quote] Also, Testin;

Do you use something like terragen to create those skyboxes? Iā€™ve used it in the past for little vignettes and Iā€™m wondering if I can use it for skyboxes. [/quote]

Yeah, Terragen v0.9. I use the old version because itā€™s easier to navigate around and such.

Yeah. Iā€™ve decided to make the limit 3MB for the combined size of all 6 images.

[quote]
Total image size of Light Blue Skybox2 after converted to .png:
2.85MB

Total image size of Light Blue Skybox after converted to .png:
3.42MB

Total image size of Peaceful Morning after converted to .png:
2.95MB [/quote]

These arenā€™t the sizes Iā€™m getting when I download them. Hereā€™s Light Blue Skybox2:

Face    ID          Size

Back    149728641   739KB
Down    149728612   751KB
Front   149728655   673KB
Left    149728585   915KB
Right   149728622   721KB
Up      149728676   703KB

Total               4.4MB

Edit: It seems that images are re-encoded after theyā€™re uploaded.

[quote]
Total image size of Light Blue Skybox2 after converted to .png:
2.85MB

Total image size of Light Blue Skybox after converted to .png:
3.42MB

Total image size of Peaceful Morning after converted to .png:
2.95MB [/quote]

These arenā€™t the sizes Iā€™m getting when I download them. Hereā€™s Light Blue Skybox2:

Face    ID          Size

Back    149728641   739KB
Down    149728612   751KB
Front   149728655   673KB
Left    149728585   915KB
Right   149728622   721KB
Up      149728676   703KB

Total               4.4MB

Edit: It seems that images are re-encoded after theyā€™re uploaded.[/quote]

Strangeā€¦ In Windows Explorer it says the size is through 400-500KB. Something must be changing the pictures when uploaded. I could just send you the pictures themself.

How is it, that sometimes skyboxes donā€™t even load?

Are the skyā€™s links from the wiki? If so skies from the wiki are blocked for some reason.

Still too large, I think. I ran your images of Light Blue Skybox2 through OptiPNG without even messing with any parameters, and it managed to reduce the total size from 4.4MB to 2.8MB. To anyone uploading PNGs, I suggest using this first.[/quote]

I was recently changing the brightness of the Light Blue Skybox and I used OptiPNG with the cmd.exe because it doesnā€™t support 64bit systems. Basically it just reduced size of each image by 6-10 KB. Not much but some improvement. I havenā€™t tried the one you mentioned yet.

EDIT: On another note, I may make some more skyboxes when I get some spare time away from studio.

Bump, made two more yesterday. Check original post.

Made three more guys, check original post. I Already bumped this thread a few times and may not be doing it anymore after this one.

Bump, I know, but this made the blog.

Looks really realistic.

Whilst Iā€™m very happy that my skyboxes got featured and people are using them in their games, people keep saying I stole the peaceful morning from Blockland; nope:

Theirs:

Thereā€™s a somewhat similarity in the atmospheric color. But the clouds and style are way different. Iā€™m very peeved that people think I stole from Blockland.

I made a few of these a while back

They show up pretty well

Why did you delete all the skyboxes? I canā€™t use them anymoreā€¦
Or did ROBLOX delete them?

what happend to Q_Q???
did he got banned or something?