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Found another neat trick in Gimp for those making logos. Ever cut out a logo and the edges are pixelated or too harsh? You can soften only the edges and fade to transparency without affecting the rest of the image. When you're finished making your logo, merge all layers with content. Right click the layer and select "alpha to selection" Go to the Selection menu and Shrink -- shrink by 1-5 pixels depending on how bad the jaggies are. Now go back to the Selection menu and Invert. Go to the Tool tab and select the Blur tool (default settings are fine) and choose 2. Hardness 75. Make it huge so you can go over the whole image in a few strokes and do exactly that -- give the whole image a once over with the blur tool. It'll only blur the edges that you shrank and inverted. Results look fantastic and free of jagged pixelated edges. Also does a good job of hiding mistakes if you were a little too aggressive in cutting out the original image.

Understood. Thank you. I'll provide additional higher resolution alternatives in future submissions.

If you don't mind me asking, what did I mess up on with my submissions of Spy Hunter and Space Shuttle Project? I take zero offense to having them redone and appreciate it so please don't interpret this as me being defensive, I'm just curious where I screwed up so I can improve in the future. Please be blunt in your critique so I know exactly what I need to work on. It won't hurt my feelings. I'm pretty new at all this and appreciate your feedback.

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2011-stealth-atf

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2010-starship-hector

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2009-star-voyager

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2008-star-trek:-the-next-generation I submitted the version without a stroke outline but in case you wanted it, here's a second version with a black stroke outline which I think looks better but isn't true to the original. By the way, I'm still waiting on your response for which version of Ski or Die to submit.

I've been thinking about your request for a while and I think I have it figured out. Are you familiar with the program ARRM? It's my preferred way to manage media for multiple front ends. It has the option for you to scrape media of only one type. In this case, you would go into the "Image Options" deselect "4 Images Mode", then under "Force Media Download" select "None" and then only select "Wheel" Then deselect "Missing Media Only" from "Image Options". Then go into "Scrape Options" and once again deselect "Missing Media Only" Then you would tell ARRM to scrape your library with Launchbox . It should only download the latest Clear Logo's and replace your existing ones.

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/1411-star-trek:-25th-anniversary The original was really rough so I had to recreate it. AI was unfortunately necessary. I didn't replace the logo that was already there, just added this.

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2007-star-soldier

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/1410-stadium-events Used the box back/spine as opposed to the box front which I think works better as a Clear Logo

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/1999-space-shuttle-project

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/1405-snoopy's-silly-sports-spectacular!

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/2002-spy-hunter

Sticking with the original resolution -- my attempt to upscale kinda ruins it so I just cut it out and left the defects from the box. https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/359-sky-kid