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Great recent conversions @Atari8man2004 Love the Frankenstein's monster.

Well I've been busy to the point of obsession this past week or so.

I am absolutely loving converting images in Dual mode with 100's of colours being displayed. Reminds me what I was like when I first discovered Rastaconverter and started intensely converting as many images as I could.

Dual mode has got it's issues it seems. It stops relatively quickly after relatively short period of conversion where norm distance no longer declines. ( @ilmenit )

At least this is the case with Beta18, which I am still using. (I've yet to try beta19 or 20).

As such most of my Dual conversions are 20mins to 45mins. But the very fact I am getting really great conversions so quickly in such a small time frame is impressive.

Lot's of trial and error, but so far I've converted around 150 x 320x200 PAL images, of which just under 100 I am happy with. Lot's of tweaking settings.

I have stuck with Beta18. Mainly using YUV/YUV with Altirra pallate and 99% of the time with dithering.

A few points to outline before ya'll view these images on either real hardware or Altirra.

Because of the issue with the 320x240 full screen dual mode having corruption at the lower half of the screen, ( @ilmenit ), I've stuck to 320x200 image conversions for now.

As Sheddy's Rastaslide suite tools for centering these images on screen won't work with Dual mode images as yet, they won't be centered.

If viewing on real A8 hardware on LCD screen, (at least with my experience on PAL and LCD), you'll experience flicker free images. I've viewed these on A8 with AV composite stock connections on my LCD displays and there is xero flicker.

NOTE: If viewing on Altirra emulation, set the mode to PAL, and under video settings, enable frame blending and pal high artefacting. This way you'll see as close to what you see on stock A8 on LCD, and most importantly it will be flicker free.

Ok - given there are 100 images to share, I spent a good while deciding on which of the best showcase images to first post. A lot are themed around fantasy world rooms, such as Steampunk, fantasy wizarding world, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit, Japanese animie, and other random conversions.

Here are a few which I absolutely love, mostly because of the colours and how the contrast of light and dark areas really work. Some of the images I've deliberately darkened to enhance the look.

A lot of them I've had in mind for images that might fit with a graphic/text adventure game. As and when Sheddy gets the text mode to work with dual images, I plan to add text to the bottom of many.

All screenshots are taken from Altirra directly.

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First up, some witches and wizard theme world and room images:

Beeblebrox_witcheskitchenbeatsDual_04.xex

I love this image for it's intense colours and light/dark contrast.

Dual mode: 654 unique colours

Beeblebrox_wizardclassroom2Dual_03.xex

Dual mode: 817 unique colours

This is almost certainly one of my all time favourites to date - love the detail that comes through, as well as the number of colours.

Beeblebrox_magicalclassroomDual_02.xex

A bit too much banding - but I like the moody colours of this conversion so much, it's worth including IMHO.

Dual mode: 400 unique colours

Beeblebrox_witchhouseDual_05.xex

Dual mode: 332 unique colours

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Next, some Steampunk room themed images:

Beeblebrox_steampunksolariuml_03.xex

Dual mode: 723 unique colours

This would be perfect in a graphic/text adventure where you are wandering around an old victorian house.

Beeblebrox_steampunksofadual_02.xex

Dual mode: 671 unique colours

Beeblebrox_steampunkBedroomDual_04.xex

Dual mode: 578 unique colours

Beeblebrox_steampunkApothacaryDual_02.xex

Dual mode: 372 unique colours

Here the contrast of dark and light tones is exggerated to make up for the loss of detail given the resolution we're working with.

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Some Steampunk submarine and nautical inspired images:

Beeblebrox_steampunkfishsubDual_01.xex

Dual mode: 556 unique colours

One of my favourites to date - really vibrant/intense colours and definition - love the little parrot fish!

Beeblebrox_SteampunkssubwindowsDual_01.xex

Dual mode: 326 unique colours

I love the golden sunshine/overbloom effect of this image

Beeblebrox_steampunkstylebedroomDual_01.xex

Dual mode: 380 unique colours

Beeblebrox_SteampunksubcorridorDual_02.xex

Heavy dithering and dark tones all intentional for this moody angle of the interiour of a Steampunk submarine.

love the angle composition of this image generally. Feels a bit Fallout-esque.

Dual mode: 528 unique colours

Beeblebrox_underwatersteampunksubDual_01.xex

Dual mode: 581 unique colours

Beeblebrox_steampunkdiverspaceDual_02.xex

Dual mode: 828 unique colours

Heavy dithering used here, and interestingly you'd not think there would be so many colours here.

Beeblebrox_steampunkunderwatersubDual_02.xex

Dual mode: 606 unique colours

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A few random Steampunk related ones:

Beeblebrox_steampunkhatladyDual_03.xex

Dual mode: 958 unique colours

Beeblebrox_SteampunkJapaneseDual_03.xex

Dual mode: 553 unique colours

A big favourite of mine

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Last image leads me onto some nice Japanese themed conversions:

Beeblebrox_Japanesepondgardendual_02.xex

Extremely vibrant image which converted from source really well.

Dual mode: 788 unique colours

Beeblebrox_Japanesebridgegardendual_02.xex

Dual mode: 752 unique colours

Beeblebrox_Japaneseblossomtempledual_07.xex

Dual mode: 853 unique colours

Beeblebrox_Japaneseblossomfujitempledual_01.xex

Dual mode: 801 unique colours

More banding than I'd like, but very colourful and nicely defined.

I have many more to post which I'll do in the next post.

In the meantime enjoy and here are all the above PAL XEX's zipped.

Beeblebrox_Dual conversions in post 1.zip

Again, if viewing on Altirra emulation, set the mode to PAL, and under video settings, enable frame blending and pal high artefacting. This way you'll see as close to what you see on stock A8 on LCD, and most importantly it will be flicker free.

Beeblebrox_witchhouseDual_05.xex Beeblebrox_steampunksofadual_02.xex Beeblebrox_steampunkBedroomDual_04.xex Beeblebrox_steampunkfishsubDual_01.xex Beeblebrox_underwatersteampunksubDual_01.xex Beeblebrox_steampunkdiverspaceDual_02.xex

Edited October 30, 2025 by Beeblebrox