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Yes Adobe InDesign would be the bestNever tried Scribus. I do use Indesign, it's part of my job ^^But it's really expensive. I've never really tried Scribus. The last time I tried, it was not really handy. Do you use it ?
Me the free pdf guides ive writen in the past has 96dpi images into. The images in it is not 72dpi. I know that 72dpi is the standard for web imagery. But what i wonder Zeror, if for a free pdf guide or commercial that 96dpi is enough or if it should be 300dpi as you say?The amount of dpi depends on the distribution method. Will be it be shared as PDF file then 72 or 96 dpi is just fine, but when you want sell it as an actual printed book then you should use 300 dpi images for the best results (actually most printing offices require you to use 300 dpi).
It's because i think of the total file size weight.
Thank's for your time and thank's to others also.
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If we do a commercial book, why not crowdfunding ?No offense to Solarus, but i think it would fail. I would not recommend that.
What is also important is think if the images in the pages, the explications of the images should be very details; just in case if the interior of the pages would be printed in black and white, by some publisher even if the images where in colors; or some person that buy an ebook and want to print it in black and white. As you can see, i try my best to think of diverse possibilities and probabilities. To make it a great book.If you want to make sure that images comes out great in black and white (greyscaled) then it's best to use a good high contrast in those images. Make sure black is really black and white is really white. Also use a proper resolution to have nice sharp images. That can be tricky because you use screenshots, which are always 72dpi, but for good printing results you need actually 300dpi (you need nearest-neighbor scaling for this actually for the best results).
I see what you mean. But if you look closely, only the map tiles are distorted. Maybe you could do the same with animated tiles?Could be an idea to try. That together with an animated overlay to would be a nice thing i guess.
I still think it will look pretty decent. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most SNES games simply simulate the "underwater effect" with sprites? Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man X, etc. just had the hero enter the water but it didn't distort any of the images yet you could still tell they were underwater. At least, with having the transparent water tiles as a high layer over the entire map you want submerged, you get a better illusion of being underwater than those previously mentioned games because 1) Zelda is viewed from a bird's eye view camera angle and 2) you actually see the water moving over the level. So I think it's a good thing for the moment and just as aesthetically pleasing.Sometimes they used an overlay, and sometimes they used distortion.
It's very possible to do.Then you have just a water overlay without a distortion.
Use the transparent water tile over the entire area on the highest layer. That way it will appear that you're underwater.
Actually the tileset's background color will useful for when the camera is off limits, like when you do a quake effect.Like suggested above, would be great if that background color can be a texture as well.