ANNOUNCE: Face By Numbers Face Generator Update

lefty_hurler · 04-02-2003, 05:44 PM

About a week ago, I began work on a program that would generate faces for my fictional league. My goals were:

- To be able to create a myriad of faces from different, user-selectable "spare parts" including eyes, noses, mouths, facial hair, etc.
- To be able to control the coloration of each of those parts globally and programmatically rather than find a blue hat bitmap to go with my blue uniform bitmap.
- To be able to autogenerate one or one hundred random faces and not have them look awkward
- To give myself (and others) the ability to add faces and face "parts" in the future similar to how OOTP allows for the creation of user-defined skins. To make that process simple and easy and allow for tremendous flexibility.

I asked around earlier this week to see if something like this would interest anyone. What I received were generally positive responses, but not the number of responses I had hoped for. I think, though, that I might not have explained my vision very well. I tend not to do that too well. You know what they say, though. A picture tells a thousand words.

The project is almost complete, and I will begin alpha testing it next week. The results I've been able to achieve using the program have been more than acceptable. I will most likely put a call out for a small number of beta testers the week after.

I have a tendancy to draw rather cartoonish-type characters. This is reflected in the example screens below. But please keep in mind that you're not limited to this face. You can create your own faces and face parts, use my faces and face parts and hopefully someday download others' faces and face parts.

I plan to release the program as "donationware". This means that if you like the program, use the program and [hopefully] abuse the program (

), you'll throw me a little something for my time and web hosting needs.

If there is a huge interest in this program, I'll keep everyone informed regularly. If not, I'll just release the most major announcements.

Screenshots appear below.

scprideandms · 04-02-2003, 05:45 PM

KEWL!

Spook · 04-02-2003, 05:54 PM

VERY cool utility, indeed! If you need any help getting this thing off the ground, just lemme know. I'd be more than willing to abuse the hell out of it during an alpha or beta test period.

koohead · 04-02-2003, 06:17 PM

Very cool!

Ktulu · 04-02-2003, 07:09 PM

Awesome. This is a very cool idea, and will add a lot of personality to ficitonal leagues... cant wait to try it.

Feel free to post more screens

Joe Canadian · 04-02-2003, 07:32 PM

Excellent!!! I can't wait till you release it!!!! And as Ktulu said, feel free to post more screens.

Dargone · 04-02-2003, 07:40 PM

Awesome

koohead · 04-02-2003, 07:40 PM

I'm sure this is WAY earlier, but might as well ask

Is it possible to have a way to query for all faces associated with a team? This way we would be able to batch update the uniform color, hat color, and that sort of thing.

Henry · 04-02-2003, 07:52 PM

lefty_hurler,

Let me know if you need any help or a place to host when your done

Henry

Draft Dodger · 04-02-2003, 08:04 PM

this is something that I don't think I would ever use, but is totally freaking cool.

GREAT idea.

DreamTeams · 04-02-2003, 08:12 PM

Great idea. Keep moving forward with it.

slackmeisterPA · 04-02-2003, 08:41 PM

All I have to say is that is really cool. Keep up the good work!

blubbla · 04-02-2003, 09:25 PM

Looks awesome! Keep up the good work.

Modern Relic · 04-02-2003, 09:28 PM

Very, very neat!

KWhit · 04-02-2003, 09:29 PM

Really nice Lefty. I like it.

lefty_hurler · 04-02-2003, 11:04 PM

Is it possible to have a way to query for all faces associated with a team?

To be honest, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Once the .bmp is exported, it is basically uneditable again (except as a flat .bmp), as the program flattens all layers upon export.

However, you can (batch) generate x random players, pre-assign the colors and have only the facial attributes change. You could therefore create a team with all players having the same uniform colors but each having different facial features and skin tones.

Hope that helps.

I'm cleaning up some of the code and fixing some interface issues and will have some new screenshots within the next couple of days.

lefty_hurler · 04-02-2003, 11:07 PM

Let me know if you need any help or a place to host when your done

Thanks, Henry. As someone who enjoys your work, I really value your opinion.

And your graphic abilities could come in handy

koohead · 04-02-2003, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lefty_hurler
Is it possible to have a way to query for all faces associated with a team?

To be honest, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Once the .bmp is exported, it is basically uneditable again (except as a flat .bmp), as the program flattens all layers upon export.

However, you can (batch) generate x random players, pre-assign the colors and have only the facial attributes change. You could therefore create a team with all players having the same uniform colors but each having different facial features and skin tones.

Hope that helps.

I'm cleaning up some of the code and fixing some interface issues and will have some new screenshots within the next couple of days.

ah..makes sense. Thanks for the response!

Cuss16 · 04-03-2003, 02:42 AM

this is friggin' awsome!!

JWay · 04-03-2003, 03:33 AM

Nice

04-02-2003, 05:44 PM	#1
lefty_hurler Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 39	ANNOUNCE: Face By Numbers Face Generator Update About a week ago, I began work on a program that would generate faces for my fictional league. My goals were: - To be able to create a myriad of faces from different, user-selectable "spare parts" including eyes, noses, mouths, facial hair, etc. - To be able to control the coloration of each of those parts globally and programmatically rather than find a blue hat bitmap to go with my blue uniform bitmap. - To be able to autogenerate one or one hundred random faces and not have them look awkward - To give myself (and others) the ability to add faces and face "parts" in the future similar to how OOTP allows for the creation of user-defined skins. To make that process simple and easy and allow for tremendous flexibility. I asked around earlier this week to see if something like this would interest anyone. What I received were generally positive responses, but not the number of responses I had hoped for. I think, though, that I might not have explained my vision very well. I tend not to do that too well. You know what they say, though. A picture tells a thousand words. The project is almost complete, and I will begin alpha testing it next week. The results I've been able to achieve using the program have been more than acceptable. I will most likely put a call out for a small number of beta testers the week after. I have a tendancy to draw rather cartoonish-type characters. This is reflected in the example screens below. But please keep in mind that you're not limited to this face. You can create your own faces and face parts, use my faces and face parts and hopefully someday download others' faces and face parts. I plan to release the program as "donationware". This means that if you like the program, use the program and [hopefully] abuse the program ( ), you'll throw me a little something for my time and web hosting needs. If there is a huge interest in this program, I'll keep everyone informed regularly. If not, I'll just release the most major announcements. Screenshots appear below. __________________ "When you reach a fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra

04-02-2003, 05:45 PM	#2
scprideandms All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: N KY, 25 miles from Cincy Posts: 1,314	KEWL! __________________ Change your playground + change your playfriends + change your playtoys + change your playtime = Change your life. If you keep on doing what you've always done you'll keep on gitting what you've always gotten.

04-02-2003, 05:54 PM	#3
Spook Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Pittsburg, KS Posts: 18	VERY cool utility, indeed! If you need any help getting this thing off the ground, just lemme know. I'd be more than willing to abuse the hell out of it during an alpha or beta test period. __________________ *Daniel "SPOOK"* Soukup**

04-02-2003, 06:17 PM	#4
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,233	Very cool! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-02-2003, 07:09 PM	#5
Ktulu Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: BC Posts: 4,710	Awesome. This is a very cool idea, and will add a lot of personality to ficitonal leagues... cant wait to try it. Feel free to post more screens __________________ "The ice is getting even more thinner, my friend!"

04-02-2003, 07:32 PM	#6
Joe Canadian All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 1,296	Excellent!!! I can't wait till you release it!!!! And as Ktulu said, feel free to post more screens. __________________ My Twitter \| My Blog \| My Music Fan of the Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, IceCaps, Lakers, and Broncos.

04-02-2003, 07:40 PM	#7
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Awesome __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

04-02-2003, 07:52 PM	#9
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	lefty_hurler, Let me know if you need any help or a place to host when your done Henry

04-02-2003, 08:04 PM	#10
Draft Dodger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: formerly of the OTBL Posts: 4,113	this is something that I don't think I would ever use, but is totally freaking cool. GREAT idea. __________________ Draft Dodger (Anarchy: Anything goes. The Draft Dodger viewpoint.) Sophmoric[sic] Member of the OOTP Boards (It's not OOTP; it's your computer) 15 GB Webhosting for $6.95 a month IMO we are best off abandoning that sinking ship that is Off Topic to the rats infesting it and just starting a whole new Baseball Forum from scratch.

04-02-2003, 08:12 PM	#11
DreamTeams Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,522	Great idea. Keep moving forward with it. __________________

04-02-2003, 08:41 PM	#12
slackmeisterPA Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 275	All I have to say is that is really cool. Keep up the good work!

04-02-2003, 09:25 PM	#13
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,460	Looks awesome! Keep up the good work.

04-02-2003, 09:28 PM	#14
Modern Relic All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,266	Very, very neat! __________________ American Folklore Baseball League (closed): Commissioner/GM - Mudville Nine (ruled!) Former member of Boys of Summer: GM - St. Louis Browns (doormats!) Former member of the OTBL: GM - Gashouse Gorillas (also ruled!) "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby

04-02-2003, 09:29 PM	#15
KWhit Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 413	Really nice Lefty. I like it.

04-02-2003, 11:04 PM	#16
lefty_hurler Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 39	Is it possible to have a way to query for all faces associated with a team? To be honest, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Once the .bmp is exported, it is basically uneditable again (except as a flat .bmp), as the program flattens all layers upon export. However, you can (batch) generate x random players, pre-assign the colors and have only the facial attributes change. You could therefore create a team with all players having the same uniform colors but each having different facial features and skin tones. Hope that helps. I'm cleaning up some of the code and fixing some interface issues and will have some new screenshots within the next couple of days. __________________ "When you reach a fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra

04-02-2003, 11:07 PM	#17
lefty_hurler Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 39	Let me know if you need any help or a place to host when your done Thanks, Henry. As someone who enjoys your work, I really value your opinion. And your graphic abilities could come in handy __________________ "When you reach a fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra

04-03-2003, 02:42 AM	#19
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	this is friggin' awsome!! __________________

04-03-2003, 03:33 AM	#20
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	Nice