Item Image Quality[]
The images used in the 'Items' section are of fairly low quality and seem to be simply cut from screen-grabs, with over-exposure and sever artifacting being present. I would be willing to rip the image sprites directly from the game and scale them using whichever algorithm preferred by this wiki (I'm personally a fan of nearest-neighbour, as it's lossless).
The images in the article have cropped out the border, which is part of the original sprite, though I can crop it as well, if desired. Below are three versions of the Mushroom sprite: the version currently in the article, a version cropped and scaled to the exact size of the current image, and an unaltered version of the sprite complete with its border. (Note: MediaWiki's scaling engine is fairly poor, so I pre-scaled the images to 2X using a nearest-neighbour algorithm).
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--Grandta13 (talk) 03:59, September 7, 2017 (UTC)
- Hi. At least we have any pictures, the MarioWiki has none in the article about Mario Kart 64. I'll see if I can find better pictures :) --http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/mtr9110326641xrqw/5216941064440zdfll_zpsey5gm81j.pngKlappi ( D {{SUBST:ERS:!}} B ) 05:17, September 7, 2017 (UTC)
- The items now have better images :) --http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/mtr9110326641xrqw/5216941064440zdfll_zpsey5gm81j.pngKlappi ( D {{SUBST:ERS:!}} B ) 07:14, September 7, 2017 (UTC)
- Official artwork is even better! I was just going to rip sprites, but this is a much better match to the aesthetic of the rest of the page. --Grandta13 (talk) 02:38, September 8, 2017 (UTC)
- The items now have better images :) --http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/mtr9110326641xrqw/5216941064440zdfll_zpsey5gm81j.pngKlappi ( D {{SUBST:ERS:!}} B ) 07:14, September 7, 2017 (UTC)
- I'm glad you like them. --http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/mtr9110326641xrqw/5216941064440zdfll_zpsey5gm81j.pngKlappi ( D {{SUBST:ERS:!}} B ) 05:23, September 8, 2017 (UTC)