... making strips twice the previous size in kilobytes while rendering exactly the same length and width.

Is this deliberate, some undiscussed benefit?

Or is it perhaps a product of moving.

The new extra weight adds mucho overhead to the page where they are displayed.

Can you enlighten me?

I just rendered a couple and haven't noticed this. Do you have any examples laying around?

if this one lasts long enough

it's 105992 bytes

that's big for a png compared to earlier ones.

It's no crisis but it doubles the picture overhead on the page when I run a series

:)

That's odd because nothing has changed on the PNG rendering server. I'm thinking about switching it to jpeg anyways as the PNGs are just naturally pretty large.

if the renderer made images png 8 rather than 32, the output size would be a lot smaller without a noticable drop in quality.

So far I haven't had any issues with PNG sizes.

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That's odd because nothing has changed on the PNG rendering server. I'm thinking about switching it to jpeg anyways as the PNGs are just naturally pretty large.

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... making strips twice the previous size in kilobytes while rendering exactly the same length and width.

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Down as of all day.

I managed to break the PNG server today. I hope to have it back up tomorrow. I'm sorry I'm so dumb.

We all love you Brad.

PNG rendered should be back up now. Much swearing was done to achieve this.

I think the fonts are a little goofy looking on the renders now, I'll look into that soon.

You beat me to it. I was just gonnas ask.

I think the fonts should be fixed now.

The PNG renderer is not picking up the new background "Matrix" as of the time I discovered this marvelous new BG group.

The PNG-R is still dropping new backgrounds.

Grr. 

I think there was a problem with the category background cache. See if it's any better now.

No more "Grr."

 More now like "Prrrr."

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BobRogers wrote:

No more "Grr."

 More now like "Prrrr."

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What a weirdo.

Am I just having a streak of really bad luck?

The renderer seems to never do anything but time out these past two days.

I was afraid to say anything for fear Crabby would jump my ass. 

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BobRogers wrote:

I was afraid to say anything for fear Crabby would jump my ass. 

 

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You post around here dressed like that and expect me not to jump your ass? You know you wanted it, baby.

Well, when you put it like that...

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BobRogers wrote:
Am I just having a streak of really bad luck?

The renderer seems to never do anything but time out these past two days.

I was afraid to say anything for fear Crabby would jump my ass.

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The renderer server blew up the other week and I had to rebuild it on a new machine so it's likely to be a little weird. It looks like it's stalling for some reason. Let me know if it happens again, I'll put some testing stuff in place.

And if crabby bothers you, just let me know.

Thanks Brad. Happy Holidays to everyone.

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BobRogers wrote:

No more "Grr."

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What a weirdo.

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why are yo so mean to people crabby??

so the png render only for donors? does brad only take paypal for online donation or is there another onlien donate thingie i can use?

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FAQ wrote:
Donations are easiest for me by Paypal. If you want to send something by mail, please e-mail me at brad@stripcreator.com and I'll give you my mailing address. Please include your username.

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so the png render only for donors? does brad only take paypal for online donation or is there another onlien donate thingie i can use?

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The PNG renderer has been nonfunctional for me throughout the holidays. I wonder. Is it something I said?

It is convienent to just strike a button and have the strip rendered, but less so when it times out in perpetuity.

Whatsay Brad? Is it me, or the gear?

sooooo let me ask again. is there another way to donate that doesnt reqire either paypal blech! or mailing money to brad?

this png render thing is really hip and id like to get to use it

The "make a donation" button leads to a secure page which has on it a section for credit card donation.

That is an easy path to take.

The png renderer is still nonfunctional for me. It grinds for two or three minutes nd then times out.

Perhaps a looksee? 

God damn this thing.

I got one rendered today. Thanks Brad :)

I'm hoping to track down whatever the issue is this week. In the meantime just yell at me if it isn't working.

I tried it twice today and decided to use the paste into paint alternative, since it kept timing out.

Ha ha, I enjoy the fact that the PNG renderer doesn't mean a damn thing to me, yet it seems to be such a big fucking deal to you idiots.

You know, Biped, being called an idiot by someone so unabashedly cool as yourself is really kind of an honor, like being foot licked by a favorite dog or getting a fruitcake at Christmas from an insane but beloved uncle who has million$.

The renderer is important to very gently and carefully discuss with Brad because he prefers perfection to imperfection, as I am able to ascertain from his postings and musings. Therefore he appreciates being made aware of deficiencies, as long as sex is a reward for repair.

As for you, Biped. Go make a cartoon so brilliant that it makes me laugh more than all your others and if you feel compelled at any future time to call me an idiot, just remember, I respect you and worship you and would want to have your children but for lack of a womb.

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Ha ha, I enjoy the fact that the PNG renderer doesn't mean a damn thing to me, yet it seems to be such a big fucking deal to you idiots.

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Please limit the sassmouth in this forum. I appreciate people giving feedback to make the site better.

Sorry, I was only messing around and didn't mean for it to be taken seriously.  In the future, I will stay out of this forum whenever I'm loaded.

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Sorry, I was only messing around and didn't mean for it to be taken seriously. In the future, I will stay out of this forum whenever I'm loaded.

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And I'll stay out of here when I'm sober.

Biped - I never take you seriously.

Humor is an elixir meant to be drunk when you are drunk. I like your humor.

Maybe it's my imagination, but after I made some changes it hasn't hung in a few days. Is it working okay now?

Seems to be okay to me.

NOW the only thing we need is to be able to render batches of our comics, so we can save them all at once instead of trying to render my 271 comics one at a time.

Any chance of that?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaassseee!!!

It seems to be fully operational with little or no resistance to my comics, no matter HOW bad they are.

Thanks for the fix.

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not_Scyess wrote:

NOW the only thing we need is to be able to render batches of our comics, so we can save them all at once instead of trying to render my 271 comics one at a time.

Any chance of that?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaassseee!!!

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It is ever-so-slowly being worked on.

The PNG Renderer is (for me) once more on the fritz.

7 straight server timeouts in a row.

Perhaps the patient could be examined? 

I'd never tried using the PNG rendered until I saw everyone saying they were having problems with it, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I also had several server timeouts in a row, using both IE and Firefox in case that made any difference.

The PNG renderer continues to be nonfunctional.

could you have a go at fixing it, Brad?

Looks like the hard drive in that server is dying and/or dead. That is about as lame a thing as possible.