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# how in the name of the wee man
did you get that to 171kb?

Edit: how rude, that is very woo and I should have said it before.
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:35, archived)
# Scan Lines!
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:35, archived)
# but on a more curious note
why have you named it a .vmos?
(i get what it stands for, just not why you haven't used a regular file type)
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:37, archived)
# two reasons
1) A lot of message boards won't allow non-standard file types, so it helps prevent leeching
b) It boosts my ego
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:39, archived)
# Ahhhhh
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:40, archived)
# oooooooh, fancy
hows them dun then?
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:37, archived)
# you just make a layer to go over the others
where each line aleternates between black and transparent. Effectively makes the image half the size.
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:38, archived)
# that's crafty.
but I like it.
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:39, archived)
# But
it needs customized mime-types, doesn't it?
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:50, archived)
# i can't
optimize for toffee. It bugs the sht out of me too as i like to do anims.
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:37, archived)
# exactly
I think i got the idea from mystery bob, just stick a layer of 1 pixel lines over the finished gif
(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:38, archived)
# moreover
the visual effect is quite nice.

(, Sat 28 Aug 2004, 16:50, archived)