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Making own chao gallery

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I have long been of the opinion that most of the images in the chao gallery are poor quality and/or inadequately showcase the highlights or features of a particular breed/evolution. (Dark Swim Swim not showing the back of the chao). Also many of the images have badly stretched aspect ratios and the water marks often cover most of the colored highlights. As a result of these issues I have pondered the idea of making my own chao gallery. So far unfortunately I have used the HD version of SA2 which has some flaws such as the knuckles stomach thing appearing when it shouldn''t and garbled textures on some hero evolutions. I may switch to the dolphin version if I can find a way to easily edit the evolution sliders. I wont be including the hybrids since most of them are visually uninteresting to me and also because they are just mixed up versions of their components and don't really look intentional. You can usually guess what they will look like based on their components anyway. Here is a demo of what I have so far, they are white chao with highlights.
Neutral Child https://postimg.cc/gallery/s5ZGxvv
Neutral Normal https://postimg.cc/gallery/8G0fFy0
Neutral Swim https://postimg.cc/gallery/3mfPHrb
Neutral Fly https://postimg.cc/gallery/b1d8vvM
Neutral Run https://postimg.cc/gallery/BKMqH6Q
Neutral Power https://postimg.cc/gallery/kXYd8Lp
Neutral all https://postimg.cc/gallery/Nsss0q6
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Re: Making own chao gallery

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Yeaa, those images are holdovers from the early days of the site before we had easy tools for chao picture taking, necessity of watermarking due to still being an up and coming site. But now that we have the tools and easy access to much better quality, I honestly wouldn't mind taking it upon myself doing it if people want it and they'd be used. And thankfully I don't think there's much point in trying to watermark anymore, we've accidentally made people think the chao world is called "Chao Island" xD
The hybrids or "second" evolutions I believe are still important to include for documentation reasons even if they aren't "interesting" to some, so if I did work on helping with updating images, I'd definitely include them.

If you still wish to take the pictures though, I'd suggest using the chao camera code. Would make life a lot easier being able to quickly center the chao and freezes it in place.
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Re: Making own chao gallery

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Roaxes wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:47 am Yeaa, those images are holdovers from the early days of the site before we had easy tools for chao picture taking, necessity of watermarking due to still being an up and coming site. But now that we have the tools and easy access to much better quality, I honestly wouldn't mind taking it upon myself doing it if people want it and they'd be used. And thankfully I don't think there's much point in trying to watermark anymore, we've accidentally made people think the chao world is called "Chao Island" xD
The hybrids or "second" evolutions I believe are still important to include for documentation reasons even if they aren't "interesting" to some, so if I did work on helping with updating images, I'd definitely include them.

If you still wish to take the pictures though, I'd suggest using the chao camera code. Would make life a lot easier being able to quickly center the chao and freezes it in place.
Oh I think second evolutions are interesting just not hybrids between two different second evolutions. (eg dark swim fly vs dark swim fly+run). I am also not saying someone else can't record those, I just don't consider them to be as much of a priority. The one I am starting currently is for my own personal use primarily but I will be uploading them here so other people can see/use them if they want. My goal is mainly to just get all the white chao with highlights for now since I am a believer in a theory that all highlight bearing chaos are just tinted versions of the white ones for the most part. This means the white chao gives you the "unmolested" view of the highlights in each evolution which lets you see things like "oh, newborn chao aren't blue with yellow highlights, they are white with blue and yellow highlights." Also, using a camera hack might not be possible in the dolphin version of the game? I was told that restoring things like shiny jewel and shiny highlights would be impossible on the steam versions but that was before people really got into modding them.
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Re: Making own chao gallery

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Summer 2022 UPDATE:
I am doing this a bit differently now. I am now including the full color compositions. (White highlights + Normal monotone = Normal highlights)
Not sure if there is a way to pin my own messages. Editing the original post seems to have been disabled.
Here is what I have so far:
Neutral Child Chao: https://postimg.cc/gallery/8pdDT63
Neutral Normals: https://postimg.cc/gallery/5Vcp3hZ
Neutral Swims: https://postimg.cc/gallery/dZrW9fw
Neutral Flys: https://postimg.cc/gallery/6q10VLy
Neutral Runs: https://postimg.cc/gallery/KLy21cv
Neutral Powers: https://postimg.cc/gallery/85Z0B6J
Neutral All: https://postimg.cc/gallery/0bn9Y0T

Update: I have now documented the dark chao. Here is what I have.
Dark Child Chao: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Z5VN4Q2
Dark Normals: https://postimg.cc/gallery/vs68spv
Dark Swims: https://postimg.cc/gallery/6R4MtNC
Dark Flys: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Mp7vKWr
Dark Runs: https://postimg.cc/gallery/W2zL3mP
Dark Powers: https://postimg.cc/gallery/XvqV936
Dark All: https://postimg.cc/gallery/jwVQhrX

I may add hero chao at some point. They all have the same base color however which makes it a bit redundant to include the monotone normal and white base highlights.
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Re: Making own chao gallery

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Neutral Chao:
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Image Image Image Neutral Child None, Front


Image Image Image Neutral Child None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Child Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Child Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Child Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Child Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Child Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Child Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Child Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Child Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Child Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Child Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal None, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Normal Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim None, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Swim Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly None, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Fly Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run None, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Run Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Run Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power None, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power None, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power Normal, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power Normal, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power Swim, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power Swim, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power Fly, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power Fly, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power Run, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power Run, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Power Power, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Power Power, Back

Image Image Image Neutral Chaos, Front

Image Image Image Neutral Chaos, Back
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Re: Making own chao gallery

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Dark Chao:
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Image Image Image Dark Child None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Child Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Child Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Child Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Child Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Child Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Child Power, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Normal Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Normal Power, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Swim Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Swim Power, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Fly Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Fly Power, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Run Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Run Power, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power None, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power None, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power Normal, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power Normal, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power Swim, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power Swim, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power Fly, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power Fly, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power Run, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power Run, Back

Image Image Image Dark Power Power, Front

Image Image Image Dark Power Power, Back

Image Image ImageDark Chaos, Front

Image Image Image Dark Chaos, Back
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