User talk:B j/Archive 1

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Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Ishthak (Talk) 11:07, June 18, 2011

Re: Images
Hi! Well, the images are pretty high-res to start with. I download the episodes on torrent through animetake. All the episodes I download have 720p resolution. I edit them sometimes in GIMP to make them look a bit better. Asasyn32 usually has slightly better images than I do. I think he does them in Photoshop.  08:09, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Same to you.  08:16, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

It looks like Rauleli already answered your question while I was offline. If you already have subbed episodes downloaded, you can remove them if you use the VLC Media Player. Just right click while the episode is playing, hover over the "Video" option, hover over the "Subtitles Track" option then press "Disable". This removes the subs and then if you want to take a screenshot, press the "Snapshot" button on the "Video" options. If you want accuracy, you can pause the video first before taking a screenshot. I really download my episodes subbed because I read the dialogues to make sure the articles I make for the Fight Summary Guild are both manga-accurate and anime-accurate.  01:05, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Whoops, I misread. Well, either way, you can use VLC or the KMPlayer Rauleli suggested. The subs are also removable in animetake.com so if you already downloaded an episode from that site, you can use either VLC or KMPlayer.  01:08, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

It depends on which player you're using.

On VLC Media Player - Right click while the episode is playing > Video > Snapshot

KMPlayer - See under the "Capture" option and select. I'm not too sure about KMPlayer since I use VLC. I suppose you could just check this out: http://gilawistle.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/capturing-movie-screenshots-with-kmplayer.html

If you're using some other player, I'd recommend you switch to either of those two.  06:28, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Hello. I'm Rauleli, Chairman of the Policy & Standards Council, and I read in the Fight Summary Talk Page that you wanted help with pictures. Well, I wanted to tell you that I can get pictures without subs, so if you need help with anything, don't hesitate to ask. 23:22, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

animebuzz.com and don't worry it would be no bother. 23:33, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Ok 23:47, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

They come with removable subs by KMPlayer. 00:35, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Wait, I didn't explain myself correctly. I use the KMPlayer to remove them from .mkv files 00:38, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

No probs 01:03, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Guild job
I noticed an error with the Guild job board. I mistook the "Gray Fullbuster vs. Racer" one as a separate battle with the one I made, which is "Gray Fullbuster, Lyon Bastia & Sherry Blendi vs. Racer". I edited the job board. Unfortunately, I have to go offline now and I won't be back till Friday. So instead of making a whole new "Gray Fullbuster vs. Racer" page, can I count on you to just edit Gray Fullbuster, Lyon Bastia & Sherry Blendi vs. Racer so that it includes the details that were left out in my page? The one I made only had details from where Lyon and Sherry joined. The ones befre that were left out. If you can't, then just take your name off the board and I'll do it myself on Friday. If you could though, that would be great help. Thank you!  12:44, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Definitely. I still won't be able to resume normal activity until tomorrow, so I really appreciate your help.  11:29, June 23, 2011 (UTC)

Question:
Hi! I can't believe you have 322 articles edited already. I would like to ask a question how did you customize your signature? Thanks.. --Ximon Vargas 01:15, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Ok thanks-- XV  (talk ) 06:46, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Ice Make Banner
Here you go. I hope you like it! Just tell me if you want me to change something. ♌The Star that cannot Return  to the Heavens ♌ 23:31, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Episodes
Normally, it takes about 2 to 3 hours for me to finish downloading an episode. Usually lags are caused by the connection or maybe there's a lot of stuff clogged in your computer. Oh, I just wanted to inform you that linking the fight summary in a character's Major Battles section is done after completing the fight summary.  00:51, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Fight Summaries
Hi. In case you didn't notice, Mr. Guild Master reminded us to take only one or two jobs at a time on the Fights section of the Fight Summary Guild.  06:14, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Oh, whoops. Okay, I see. Sorry for jumping on you like that. I got surprised when I suddenly ran out of jobs. I'll just go update it again.  06:21, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Guild
Thanks for the heads-up. I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't point it out. Anyway, I also answered your question in the Guild talk page.  00:02, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

Duplicates
Hi there. Make sure you check for duplicates before uploading images. The wikia doesn't allow having duplicate images. Two of the images you uploaded for the Lucy Ashley vs. Frog Monster fight summary already exist on Lucy Ashley's page so I had to replace those you uploaded with the ones already existing.

EDIT: I noticed one of them isn't actually exactly the same in posing, but it's the same Technique 12 - The Back Crack Bridge  00:42, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Images
I use GIMP: From the Colors > Levels > Click "Auto". I usually sharpen it a bit, too. Filters > Enhance > Unsharp Mask, then I set the first to options to how sharp I want the image to look. Most images are made better that way. Although there are some that look weird when auto-leveled, so I try to leave those as is.  01:56, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

The color's pretty good. The sharpness is the problem. It's too sharp. The Radius I use is 3.0 and the Amount I use is about .30-.35  03:10, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

Much better. That should be fine.  03:36, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Ichiya vs. Naked Mummy
Sorry for the late reply. I won't be able to resume editing for a while and at the current moment I'm editing on my iPod. If there is not enough info on Ichiya's fight then you can just delete it. Again, sorry for the delay.

Re: Fight Job
I'd say up to when Gray threw Lucy to Natsu.  13:15, July 1, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Categories
Yeah, how you have been doing it is great. Also, try to put character images into their respective image gallery. 21:51, July 1, 2011 (UTC)

Actually, ALL images on the wiki can be catalogued if you want. Those images in the Image Gallery talk page were put there by me. You can just keep cataloguing new images as they come, or just go around the wiki cataloguing any image you find, or if you'd like me to, I can put more images in the image gallery talk page. 22:03, July 1, 2011 (UTC)

Sure, but it's going to have to wait until tomorrow, since I'm about to leave for the movies and I'll comeback in like 4 hours. I might have some time to so it when i comeback, but if the new episode is already downloadable I won't be able to. 22:12, July 1, 2011 (UTC)

There you go, I put any I could find. I'll put more later on. 02:44, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

Recent Images
Hi. I don't know if you've noticed, but for some reason there are black borders on the left and right sides of the screencaps on the recent episodes of Fairy Tail. Asasyn32 removed the border on some while I did it for the others. Just take note to remove them by cropping next time.  08:03, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

That's okay. Oh, and yes, I have. I just came home from the cinemas after watching it.  08:08, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, they are.  09:18, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

Re:GIFs
Thanks. I make them myself actually and I don't know what you mean by where. I'll go upload the fights and it is already 6:30pm where I am. 22:25, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

They go through a lot of programs actually. It takes me about half an hour to make a short one. The one for Iced Shell took me 2 days since it was really long and I had to delete some parts for the final product. 22:38, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

Hehehe, Thanks. I didn't think anyone had noticed it, you should apply for a spot in the council since, well, there are 3 spot vacant. lol.

Fairy Tail Wiki:Policy & Standards Council 23:00, July 2, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you are allowed to as long as it is used. If it stops being used put it up for deletion. 03:01, July 3, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Fight Job
I don't think so. In Natsu Dragneel & Makarov vs. Zancrow, Natsu fought him first but I considered all the details in one page so the info isn't chopped when it's necessarily one battle. Also, in Gray Fullbuster, Lyon Bastia & Sherry Blendi vs. Racer, it was also only Gray against Racer at first but it was considered as one battle even when Lyon and Sherry only jumped in during the middle. I think it's more convenient if battles like that have only one page.  11:30, July 3, 2011 (UTC)

Fight
I Contact ChaosKnight because he provides all of the raw images we use on the site and he usually has them up pretty quickly. In addition he takes requests for images so he wouldn't mind.

Yeah, just ask him to upload the raw, but if it is something that really needs pics and you don't think that it could wait then I'd recommend uploading the hosting site image and just alerting him to the image and tell him to upload the raw version of the pic.

Thanks, glad to be back.

Questions
Yes to both of your questions.

Yes and no, yes because she is indeed in active and no because she isn't just missing, she gave an excuse for her inactivity, but her jobs are up for grabs just like anyone elses.

Re: Signature Advice
Great. Thanks. --

Hi-- Ximon    Vargas    10:54,7/5/2011

Sorry It was just a test.--

Re:Congratulations!
Yep :) Thanks and I hope so too.  12:35, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Picture
In this particular case that would be fine.

Photo
Hey do you have any photo editing software? I need transparent and I don't have anything on my computer that can do the job.

Ok, i'll see if Rauleli can do it. Thanks.

No problem at all.

RE: Inactive
Sorry to hear that, see you when you get back, do well on your exams.

Re:Stacks
That's a good idea, I would name it Category:Needs Stacks Cleared.

Pictures
Yo, what do you do with yours pictures. Sorry for that but I think "They are have little weird colors" 18:37, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Gif
Well there are lots of ways, I think you can do it with Photoshop, but the way I do it is with a program called Virtual Dub. The only problem is that the videos you use must be avi files, and it doesn't have the feature where you can provide the images and turn them into gifs, which is what you want if i'm correct. Also I believe Adobe Fireworks lets you put images together and make them into gifs but that costs money.

Hmm... i'm not sure. I believe it can, but I think you'd need to find an online image converter.

Magic Pages
I have a question, what do you think about the way we list spells on the Magic pages? I think the gallery with the spells is kinda sloppy so I was thinking of changing them. I've talked to Rauleli and -jabberjay to get their opinions as well, but which do you prefer the way it is now, proposed change 1 or proposed change 2?

Re: Chapters
Delete the description section, and use the scroll box.

Sorry, no idea, though your best bet would be to ask, Ishthak, Asasyn32, or ChaosKnight, as all of them have Photoshop, if i'm not mistaken.

Yes.

Re: Gif
That's a really good gif actually, if you don't mind adding the FUR, we could use that on the whips page.

Great, i'll add it now.

Re: Inconsistency
Yeah, I noticed as well. It should be just the names with a short description afterwards.

Gotcha.

Re: Opinion
To be honest, i'd download all the episodes that you don't have already for two reasons.
 * 1) If someone needs images from the anime, you can upload them for them, so that they wouldn't have to go and download the episode for themselves. Which can be a hassle for those with slow computers.
 * 2) It helps when you are trying to improve character articles and you need a pic that isn't already uploaded.

I'd go from one forward.

Re: Images
Hi. I answer: I edit contrast and image options. 05:29, July 17, 2011 (UTC)

I edit curves and level in image menu 06:49, July 17, 2011 (UTC)

Edolas Characters
In the Edolas character pages I would use their name, for example call Edolas Mirajane, Mirajane on her page, unless their is a situation where the reader might get confused, let's say for example if the Edolas Mirajane and the regular Mirajane meet, if you are writing about that then they should be referred to as Edolas Mirajane and Earthland Mirajane respectively, but try to avoid the phrase Edo-Mirajane or Edo-Mira or anything of that sort. Also if you are writing on another characters pages, let's say Elfman (Edolas)'s page, then you would refer to Mirajane as Edolas Mirajane as to avoid confusion. Hopefully this answers your question.

Yes, and it's Earth Land.

Re: Opinion
Well, actually, I have almost all episodes downloaded except the first half of the Phantom Lord arc and the Loke arc. So I'd recommend the Fighting Festival arc episodes, but that's only because it's my favorite arc other than Oración Seis arc.

But that's only if you'll be selective about downloading. I agree with IamJakuhoRaikoben on downloading all the other episodes.  07:43, July 17, 2011 (UTC)

Well, actually I have about 60 out of the 88 episodes downloaded. The only ones I haven't downloaded are fillers and extras. 11:34, July 17, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Lucy Ashley
Hmm.... now that I read it for myself, I think I may have spoken incorrectly. I thought that what I told you earlier would be the best course of action, but after reading it, it sounds kind of weird, lol. So, instead of doing the Earth Land Natsu thing, we can just do it like this. The Earth land versions of the characters can be referred to as their regular names, and the Edolas versions will be referred to as their regular names, the only time when they should be referred to as Earth Land Natsu or Edolas Natsu is when they are both in a particular scene and they would be confused, and even then the terms will be used only when saying Natsu Dragneel or Natsu Dragion would sound weird in a sentence. In addition, another way to avoid confusion would be to use pronouns as often as they can be used without causing too much confusion, for example saying instead of saying Lucy Ashley went to the park. Lucy Ashley then hit Natsu. You could say Lucy Ashley went to the park. She then hit Natsu. If you give me a minute i'll try to edit Lucy Ashley's page to demonstrate what I am talking about.

Your welcome, and i'm done with Lucy's page. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.

Ok, sorry for that, it's just that i've been so busy and that I have to check the jobs for so many projects that I often time forget.

Lucy Ashley's page is done, but the Torture Techniques must be referenced.

Yes, please.

Your welcome, and i'll move the job to the completed list now.

Re: Fight Pages
Yes all of Erza's armors have to be but in the fight template. And Sorry, I though everyone had finished with it. I'll go undelete it now.

Episodes
I have 65 downloaded and it takes me 19GB 12:20, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Armor
I'll think of a proprer name for ti since it really isn't considered an armor but clothing. And lol, that's hilarious.