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Image search - GIS fail

guarguar Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
A wild image appears!

gba.png

It broke free! It ran away!


Except not. This isn't the image I need, not exactly. I'm looking for the black SP version of this image, and both Google web, shopping, and image search have failed me. I know Nintendo had a page dedicated to the GBA back when it was still supported, but all they have now is a link to their customer service page. Does anyone know of a more comprehensive search engine, or maybe a place where I can find old nintendo.com images?

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    GBA_SP_Bright_Normal_Second_Hand_Preowned_Used_Video_Game_Console.jpg
    Or wait, did you mean that exact image, in that exact position?

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I did, sorry.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I just changed the levels in paint.net real quick, dunno if this will work, but it is close for now I suppose:

    blacksp.png

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I appreciate the effort, but it's still not quite what I'm looking for.

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  • eternalbleternalbl Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    internet archive? I'm having trouble viewing the nintendo.com pages there, but maybe its just on my end.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    How black do you want it? You could probably darken it even more without making it look fake.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    You could maybe hack one together out of this image:
    http://www.gamechoiceclub.com/image/gbasp_black.jpg

    This is NOE's GBA SP page, but it's all silver over there:
    http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/systems/game_boy_advance_sp_1435.html

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    eternalbl wrote: »
    internet archive? I'm having trouble viewing the nintendo.com pages there, but maybe its just on my end.

    Thanks for this. Most of the links are dead, but the few that work get me as far as the GBA page. Still no luck though.
    Icemopper wrote: »
    How black do you want it? You could probably darken it even more without making it look fake.

    To be frank, I'm just finicky.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So I went ahead and contacted Nintendo about my dilemma and I just got a response. Either I wasn't clear with my intentions, or the person who read my request is dense.
    We appreciate the interest in Nintendo and in all our video game products. To us, it represents a great sign of success and recognition of the Nintendo brand.

    "Nintendo" is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. Nintendo owns extensive intellectual property rights in all of its products, including video game systems, game titles, characters, game software, graphics, artwork, and screen shots. Nintendo also retains rights in content on Nintendo's websites, including articles, artwork, screen shots and other files. Trademarks and copyrights for third-party games and characters are owned by the companies which market or license those products.

    While we are grateful for all the requests for permission to use Nintendo properties, we are not able to grant such requests. We receive thousands of requests and do not have adequate staffing to review them all. Therefore, our general policy is to decline requests for permission for the use of Nintendo properties.

    Although we are unable to grant permission, use of Nintendo's properties without formal permission by Nintendo may still be allowed under the relevant laws of the particular jurisdiction involved. Thus, we encourage you to seek your own legal counsel if you have any questions about whether your particular proposed use is permitted without Nintendo's authorization. Nintendo cannot provide legal advice.

    We appreciate your support. For more information about Nintendo and its products, please visit our website at www.nintendo.com.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's automated, basically. You want an image, the only reason you could want an image is to use it, they don't let people use images.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    But 'use' in this context is subjective. What if I just wanted to print it out and hang it up on my wall?

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    They don't have time to read every single email to determine whether or not you're going to use it for something that they want you to use it for or something they don't want you to use it for. This is, in fact, what the email they sent says. It seems like you read their email about as carefully as they read yours.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Maybe I should apply for a position at Nintendo! :P

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  • wasted pixelswasted pixels Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    guar wrote: »
    But 'use' in this context is subjective. What if I just wanted to print it out and hang it up on my wall?

    Under U.S. copyright law, personal use of copyrighted material is still "use", otherwise we wouldn't call pirated movies, music, or games "pirated", we'd just call them "downloaded".

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    guar wrote: »
    But 'use' in this context is subjective. What if I just wanted to print it out and hang it up on my wall?
    Well.. what DO you need such a specific image for? It might help people here come up with something more to your liking.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm trying to update my backlog. I have a set of images I'm currently using, but I want to remove the text from each. This seemed like the easiest course of action.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hey look what I found on the internets:
    blurds.png

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    *wink* *wink*

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Haha you totally just PS'd that to fooool him. The first one you did looked better.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I appreciate the effort though. He just wants to help, though he can't help that I'm a picky bastard.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Oh I've got more too: Beware Jaggies
    okds.png
    darkds.jpg

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    What makes them stand out as edited is you're changing the color of the game cartridge too. If it remained the standard gray color they wouldn't be as obvious.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Here's a few without the jaggies and what not.. and not discolouring the wrong parts.

    dark2.jpg
    dark1g.jpg
    dark3o.jpg

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Last Son wrote: »
    What makes them stand out as edited is you're changing the color of the game cartridge too. If it remained the standard gray color they wouldn't be as obvious.

    Yeah, I wasn't concerned with that I guess. I was just going for a quick fix, but Guar is much more specific than I had originally anticipated. That and I don't use image editing software for things other than cropping much, so that was all I could do without trying to learn a lot more.

    Figgy's got it covered though.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm not sure why, to be honest, because if he is planning on printing it out for something it's far too small for that. If he's using it as some sort of website/sig image, I don't really see much of a difference in any of the offered entries.

    In any case, hope he finds something suitable here or elsewhere.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Huzzah! I found it!

    http://alatest.com/reviews/game-console-reviews/nintendo-game-boy-advance/po3-41929,76/#

    Scroll over to image 7. And kudos to everyone for all the help; I really appreciate it.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Now that we've all tried in vain to satisfy your eccentric desires, you should tell us in detail why you needed it to look exactly like that... which is 90% the same as what we offered.

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Like I said, I'm just extremely particular. A little obsessive maybe.

    As I said, I'm in the process of updating my backlog. The old images are fine, they just have a string of text in front of them. I decided I wanted to remove that, so the easiest way for me was to just remake the images. Trying to find a good angle so you can decipher what the system is is important, and I didn't feel like repositioning everything all over again.

    But don't look at it like a failure. If it were anyone else, you all would have had it in the bag in the first 10 minutes.

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