baseball card mod?? - Page 3

dcpcarmona · 06-21-2010, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DCHepler25

Under the "Layer" menu, choose "Transparency" and then "Add Alpha Channel"

Now use the magic wand to select the white background and delete it.

Save the file as a .png and you should be good to go!

Thanks!

koohead · 07-21-2010, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by koohead

I took davwms' design and tweaked it a bit. I've attached the xml and here is a screen shot. I removed the year from the front and changed the font of the name on the front...moved the year to the top back, lowered the name giving it more room, and removed the team tag and the two logos on the bottom (figured the uniform was enough to designate which team this player played for).

Can someone figure a way out to take this basic HOF plaque and turn the "back" sidways (I'd be happy with just a rectangle with the same border and texture) and include the xml to get career totals (for more than just the basics here...things like doubles, RBI, SB, OBP, etc)

Jpotapoff · 07-21-2010, 03:10 AM

Is there a way, when creating a new card, to force it to display a certain year instead of the year in game that you created the card?

I want to go back and create a new Hall of Fame card for all of the players already inducted into the HOF in my league with the cool HOF Plaque card. But when I do that it inserts the current (in game) year instead of the year the person was inducted into the HOF...

Jpotapoff · 07-21-2010, 04:44 AM

Well I did it the hard way and modified the xml to replace the tag for year to the specific year the player was inducted. Then created the card for each player in that year. Went back to the XML and changed it to the next year, updated the cards for Hall of Famers for that year, and so on. When I was finished I changed the XML to having the tag for the year so future hall of famers should work fine.

I also modified the XML set up the card the way I preferred. Like putting the name of the team under the player's name, re-adding the league and team logos at the bottom and including the player's position at the bottom.

I also modified the picture files to set the transparencies and remove the card like rectangle around the plaque so it looks like a plaque more than a baseball card.

Here's the template, a pic of what it looks like when generated and the XML file.

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Jpotapoff · 07-21-2010, 04:49 AM

Arg. Looks like the forum wants to convert the png to a jpg thereby losing the transparency.

I tried attaching it zipped but it's too big it won't let me...

davwms · 07-21-2010, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by koohead

Can someone figure a way out to take this basic HOF plaque and turn the "back" sidways (I'd be happy with just a rectangle with the same border and texture) and include the xml to get career totals (for more than just the basics here...things like doubles, RBI, SB, OBP, etc)

Well, the plagues are the wall, so there really shouldn't be any backs at all.. I'm at work now and can't really do much now, but here's a little mock up next to an picture of an actual plaque...

I don't know if we can get a list of teams the player played for, like on the real plaques, but maybe just having the stats below the picture instead????

koohead · 07-21-2010, 01:43 PM

yeah good point about the back

I guess the back is really unnecessary if you are going to just display career totals. So yes, if we could make the picture a bit smaller and list the stats on the front that would be cool.

davwms · 07-23-2010, 09:45 PM

Here's what I have created for the Hall of Fame plaque. This image is a .jpg since the .png was too large to upload. Thus, I was not able to attach the actual template files either...

DreamTeams · 07-23-2010, 11:19 PM

Excellent job dvwms. I would love to have your rendition of the hall of fame plaque. Do think you could send send it to me?

davwms · 07-24-2010, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DreamTeams

Excellent job davwms. I would love to have your rendition of the hall of fame plaque. Do think you could send send it to me?

You can download the zip file from HERE

DreamTeams · 07-24-2010, 03:53 AM

Thanks a bunch.

koohead · 07-28-2010, 11:36 AM

There a way to make that a little more "bronze-ish"? looks kinda white right now.

davwms · 07-28-2010, 01:22 PM

Yeah.. I will look into that.. the picture I was going by had the color a lot lighter but I found another picture of the same one and it is more of a bronze color

koohead · 07-28-2010, 01:30 PM

Thanky much! Look forward to trying it out.

koohead · 07-29-2010, 01:52 AM

Modified davwms' design and just moved some elements around. Here are examples of a batter and pitcher plaques. hof.xml file attached if anyone wants to use this as a base.

Operation Shutdown · 07-13-2013, 11:23 PM

Does anyone have any of the png files for the plaques used here. I was looking to try and tweak a hall of fame plaque and really like what was started in this thread but unfortunately everything is a jpg or the links are broken.

Jpotapoff · 07-14-2013, 02:38 PM

Lets see if I can upload what i've got.

Jpotapoff · 07-14-2013, 02:41 PM

Blah that converts it to a JPG...

Lets try it this way.

Change the extension from XML to PNG. (my pic is too large to zip)

Jpotapoff · 07-14-2013, 02:48 PM

Here's another one, this one is a single plague instead of the double sided one.

Rename extension for hofplaque.xml to .png.

koohead · 07-14-2013, 11:02 PM

Here's a zip of what I ended up using. Includes the image png along with the xml code (and the small hof logo that I use as well). Here's an example:

07-21-2010, 01:43 PM	#47
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	yeah good point about the back I guess the back is really unnecessary if you are going to just display career totals. So yes, if we could make the picture a bit smaller and list the stats on the front that would be cool. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

07-23-2010, 09:45 PM	#48
davwms All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Clyde, NY Posts: 1,506	Here's what I have created for the Hall of Fame plaque. This image is a .jpg since the .png was too large to upload. Thus, I was not able to attach the actual template files either... Attached Images __________________ Lemme tell you the first rule of politics; Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze. ~Kelly (AKA Timoty Oyphant), The Girl Next Door (2004)

07-23-2010, 11:19 PM	#49
DreamTeams Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,521	Excellent job dvwms. I would love to have your rendition of the hall of fame plaque. Do think you could send send it to me? __________________

07-24-2010, 03:53 AM	#51
DreamTeams Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,521	Thanks a bunch. __________________

07-28-2010, 11:36 AM	#52
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	There a way to make that a little more "bronze-ish"? looks kinda white right now. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

07-21-2010, 03:10 AM	#43
Jpotapoff Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 182	Is there a way, when creating a new card, to force it to display a certain year instead of the year in game that you created the card? I want to go back and create a new Hall of Fame card for all of the players already inducted into the HOF in my league with the cool HOF Plaque card. But when I do that it inserts the current (in game) year instead of the year the person was inducted into the HOF...

07-21-2010, 04:44 AM	#44
Jpotapoff Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 182	Well I did it the hard way and modified the xml to replace the tag for year to the specific year the player was inducted. Then created the card for each player in that year. Went back to the XML and changed it to the next year, updated the cards for Hall of Famers for that year, and so on. When I was finished I changed the XML to having the tag for the year so future hall of famers should work fine. I also modified the XML set up the card the way I preferred. Like putting the name of the team under the player's name, re-adding the league and team logos at the bottom and including the player's position at the bottom. I also modified the picture files to set the transparencies and remove the card like rectangle around the plaque so it looks like a plaque more than a baseball card. Here's the template, a pic of what it looks like when generated and the XML file. hof.xml

07-21-2010, 04:49 AM	#45
Jpotapoff Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 182	Arg. Looks like the forum wants to convert the png to a jpg thereby losing the transparency. I tried attaching it zipped but it's too big it won't let me...

07-28-2010, 01:22 PM	#53
davwms All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Clyde, NY Posts: 1,506	Yeah.. I will look into that.. the picture I was going by had the color a lot lighter but I found another picture of the same one and it is more of a bronze color __________________ Lemme tell you the first rule of politics; Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze. ~Kelly (AKA Timoty Oyphant), The Girl Next Door (2004)

07-28-2010, 01:30 PM	#54
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Thanky much! Look forward to trying it out. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

07-13-2013, 11:23 PM	#56
Operation Shutdown All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 912	Does anyone have any of the png files for the plaques used here. I was looking to try and tweak a hall of fame plaque and really like what was started in this thread but unfortunately everything is a jpg or the links are broken. __________________ "And Shepherds we shall be, For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti."

07-14-2013, 11:02 PM	#60
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	HOF plaque and xml Here's a zip of what I ended up using. Includes the image png along with the xml code (and the small hof logo that I use as well). Here's an example: Attached Images __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;