[Thorax]

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1.4.0: 05/18/2008 .Two functions added: Terrain builder, to make POL Based photo real scenery, and Format conversion: to transform photos between two formats. Help me test it and release the final version.
Windows and Linux versions released. Regarding the MAC version, i don't own a mac. Would anyone be interested in compiling the tool for mac? let me know and ill send you the source code and instructions to do so.

See  G_IMAGE_X.html (14.66K)
Number of downloads: 323 form more details

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03/29/2008 New version 1.3.0
The project was migrated to lazarus. now a linux version is released. Mac os version will be released soon. Mayor performance upgrade. Now is posible to make 2048x2048 pixl res photos.

If you use G Maps Image downloader to get Photoreal textures, and PhotoSceneryX to build Photoreal scenery it into X-Plane, you will find this tool i wrote very usefull. Its called G_IMAGE_X.

G Maps Image downloader outputs the images in 256x256 pixeles, named in a non usefull way. G_IMAGE_X takes 16 by 16 or 64 by 64 and builds a big 1024x1024 or 2048x2048 texture, named to be use later with PhotoSceneryX . Also G_IMAGE_X changes the image format into PNG, or DDS (supported in X-Plane 9) compresed with DTX1, DTX3, or DTX5. In that case G_IMAGE_X also creates the MIPMAPS for each texture.

So you get all the textures ready to use with PhotoSceneryX. You will never have to build manualy each photo and name it again!. This software saves a lot of
time developing a scenery.

Just set the path were the Google Maps images are located. The input file format should be JPG. Choose the output file format, if you choose DTX1, DTX3, or DTX5 select if you whant G_IMAGE_X to make MIPMAPS for each photo. (size will be incremented in aprox 2/3 of the original size).
Choose




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 G_IMAGE_X_1.4.0_win32_i386.zip (945.78K)
Number of downloads: 249
 G_IMAGE_X_1.4.0_GTK2_Linux_i386.zip (1.31MB)
Number of downloads: 41

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 G_IMAGE_X_1.3.0_win32_i386.zip (684.32K)
Number of downloads: 113
 G_IMAGE_X_1.3.0_linux_GTK2_i386.zip (1.01MB)
Number of downloads: 16
 G_IMAGE_X_1.3.0_linux_GTK_i386.zip (1020.02K)
Number of downloads: 12

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Please test it any way you want and if you found bugs , send me the log and a print screen. Help me help you.

Im open for any suggestion.

This post has been edited by Thorax: 19 May 2008 - 06:28 AM

[Chuck Norris]

COOOL!!!! I can't wait to try this. Thank you!

This post has been edited by Chuck Norris: 04 January 2008 - 05:55 PM

[Nuer Tek]

I can't seem to get this software to work. I've tried both the actual location of the pictures and the location of the .gmid file.

Here is what I get if I try to select the location of the images:
 Google_Image_X.jpg (48.81K)
Number of downloads: 103

If I try the location of the .gmid file, here is what I get in the log:
 CapitalProject_copy.txt (141bytes)
Number of downloads: 16

Here is the other end of things (where the files were downloaded to):
 Picture_2.png (25.08K)
Number of downloads: 70 This is the "Capital Project" folder

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

[Thorax]

I can't seem to get this software to work. I've tried both the actual location of the pictures and the location of the .gmid file.

Here is what I get if I try to select the location of the images:
 Google_Image_X.jpg (48.81K)
Number of downloads: 103

If I try the location of the .gmid file, here is what I get in the log:
 CapitalProject_copy.txt (141bytes)
Number of downloads: 16

Here is the other end of things (where the files were downloaded to):
 Picture_2.png (25.08K)
Number of downloads: 70 This is the "Capital Project" folder

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

G_IMAGE_X is not finding the images. as you can see ,the LOG file is created at z:\x-plane\capital project , that means that the software is searching for the files in that directory.

Add the final slash to the root, like this

CODE

z:\x-plane\capital project\capitalproject\

if it does not work, try to copy the EXE file into the dir where the photos are placed and run it , leaving the directory field blank.

ill see if maybe the problem is, that you are using a directory with a space on its name (capital project)

im glad some one tryed it haha


edit: directorys with spaces work fine. strange thing :S

This post has been edited by Thorax: 29 January 2008 - 05:52 PM

[Nuer Tek]

G_IMAGE_X is not finding the images. as you can see ,the LOG file is created at z:\x-plane\capital project , that means that the software is searching for the files in that directory.

Add the final slash to the root, like this

CODE

z:\x-plane\capital project\capitalproject\

if it does not work, try to copy the EXE file into the dir where the photos are placed and run it , leaving the directory field blank.

ill see if maybe the problem is, that you are using a directory with a space on its name (capital project)

im glad some one tryed it haha


edit: directorys with spaces work fine. strange thing :S

That still didn't work. Would the program generate an error if the images downloaded don't fit perfectly into 1024X1024 blocks? The total image size is (combined in gmid): 8448X12288.

For now, I'm converting it by hand (Photoshop) into 768X768 boxes. It's not much of a problem 'cause there are only 176 photos to save. I've already saved 48...so within a couple of hours, I'll have it done.

Hopefully this problem can be solved, though, because my ortho images might increase in number (not fun to save).

Nuer Tek

[Thorax]

That still didn't work. Would the program generate an error if the images downloaded don't fit perfectly into 1024X1024 blocks? The total image size is (combined in gmid): 8448X12288.

there is a problem when the software is loading the photos.

it depends.... it you have four or more photos to the left and four or more photos to the bottom, you should be able to convert them okay.

you can try deleting the spare photos, in order to get four by four photos. (eg if you have 17 photos in the rows, delete the last photo, for all the rows, and if you have 34 in the columns, delete the last two in each column, so you get 16x32.)

send me please 16 photos , so i can build them , and see if i cand find the problem. (four consecutive photos in four consecutives rows) (if you can upload all of them into rapidshare or so, better, or maybe give me the coordinates so i can download them and try myself.)

For now, I'm converting it by hand (Photoshop) into 768X768 boxes. It's not much of a problem 'cause there are only 176 photos to save. I've already saved 48...so within a couple of hours, I'll have it done.

Hopefully this problem can be solved, though, because my ortho images might increase in number (not fun to save).

Nuer Tek

hold on, im shure we will be able to solve this issue. im converting tons of photos with no problem. im shure there is a problem with the input photos.

else, im not shure you can use 768x768 photos in xplane..... its 512x512 or 1024x1024.

thorax@datafull.com


btw, im thinking about the issue.... i think i find out the problem.

How are the photos named? send me a print screen with a couple of them so i can see the names and how they increment.

This post has been edited by Thorax: 30 January 2008 - 04:15 AM

[Shiverin]

If you can get this to work correctly then my prayer have been answered. Been looking for something just like this.

[Thorax]

If you can get this to work correctly then my prayer have been answered. Been looking for something just like this.

the software works, i have used it several times, but there are some bugs, and you must help me solve them. please if you have any issue post a print screen and any other data, as coordinates, log files, etc, so i can reproduce the error and fix it!

as i say, help me help you!

im planning to add a DDS output format option, to use with x.plane 9, as marginal sugested.

This post has been edited by Thorax: 30 January 2008 - 02:33 PM

[Nuer Tek]

the software works, i have used it several times, but there are some bugs, and you must help me solve them. please if you have any issue post a print screen and any other data, as coordinates, log files, etc, so i can reproduce the error and fix it!

as i say, help me help you!

im planning to add a DDS output format option, to use with x.plane 9, as marginal sugested.

I'll try to post some more information this weekend...I don't have much time right now. That would be great if you can figure something out!

[Thorax]

i added DDS output image format, but with no compresion. im not shure what is better for X-plane, if DDS format with no compresion, or DDS format compresed in DTX1, 3 or 5.
any one can help me on this one?

This post has been edited by Thorax: 31 January 2008 - 07:08 AM