i'm writing a plugin that will add an extra mission to the EVN. the story is going to be about an auroran child that lost his father during the auroran-federation conflict. since his father suffered a "dishonorable" death, his son becomes an outcast and becomes a lowly maurader, until he finds the real reason for his father's death couple of decades after.

now i need your opinion on this:

does this picture go well with this intro music? it's supposed to make you feel depressed and the entire plugin is about the depressing moments of the so-called glorious battles. (url="http://"http://members.cox.net/frunkylittleguy/la vida que emana.mp3")Elfonia - La vida que emana(/url)

pictures by: Hubble Telescope
music by: Elfonia

EDIT: err.. converted .wma to .mp3 so people can actually listen to it.

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My parents died in Roswell incident.

(This message has been edited by dorrus (edited 07-22-2004).)

(This message has been edited by dorrus (edited 07-22-2004).)

(This message has been edited by dorrus (edited 07-22-2004).)

To me, the "escape velocity nova" doesn't fit right. There's too sharp a contrast between it and the background image. Try selecting it and the area around it and choosing something like "Blend" or "Blur" in your graphics program, like the text on (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/orcaloverbri9/SFABanner-orca.html")these(/url).

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I'll agree with orcaloverbri9, the text needs to be fixed. A horizontal motion blur and maybe transparent middle with glowing edges?

Good luck with the plug!

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Maybe tone down the brightness of the text some as well.

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I whipped up something really quick in Photoshop. You can find it (url="http://"http://bri_code.tripod.com/cgi-bin/img.pl?new_evn_intro.jpg|www.freepgs.com/orcaloverbri9/img|832|624")here(/url). Enjoy.

Also, (url="http://"http://bri_code.tripod.com/cgi-bin/img.pl?new_evn_intro_2.jpg|www.freepgs.com/orcaloverbri9/img|832|624")here(/url) is a version with darker text. Again, enjoy.

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The programmer's code of entomology: there's always another bug.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who have friends.
Windows users: stop asking for plugins. (url="http://"http://www.aznt.com/EVN/EVNEW/")Make one yourself.(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.cwssoftware.com")Sephil Saga Website(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/search.html")Add-ons Search Engine(/url)

(This message has been edited by orcaloverbri9 (edited 07-23-2004).)

wow, thanks.

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My parents died in Roswell incident.

Without wishing to pour cold water on the party, I am assuming that you do have copyright permission to use this music.

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er......... -_-
damn, didn't think about that.

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My parents died in Roswell incident.

Hey, you've only got to e-mail whoever holds the rights and ask. They'll probably say yes, since you're not making any money from it, and it sort of works as free advertising for them. But hey, the worst that can happen is they'll say "no". (Oh, ok, I suppose being taken to court is worse, but that won't happen... right? )

As for the suggestions above, I also agree that the writing doesn't look right. Maybe a different font would also be in order?