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wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
15th Nov, 2021 02:27:38 PM

It's white-with-a-black-border on transparent, technically, and appears equally readable to us with Night Vision both on and off? (e: okay ninja'd on the details but, yeah that's still our view)

And generally speaking, transparent images are preferred over solid-color backgrounds when available.

Edited by wingedcatgirl Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
15th Nov, 2021 02:29:07 PM

It's fine to me both ways too.

In any case, you want Image Pickin, not ATT.

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ElBuenCuate Since: Oct, 2010
15th Nov, 2021 02:34:16 PM

I think it should be reverted if only because it was changed unilaterally without discussion.

Arctimon Since: Nov, 2009
15th Nov, 2021 02:36:08 PM

KnightVizier was the one who changed it, for the record.

shadowblack Since: Jun, 2010
15th Nov, 2021 02:39:06 PM

The second image is indeed a bit more difficult to read, because the letters are smaller and at the same time it's white text on white background.

homogenized Since: Oct, 2009
15th Nov, 2021 03:05:19 PM

KnightVizier is fairly new, perhaps they need informing that image changes require going throught the Image Pickin thread?

Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
15th Nov, 2021 03:25:08 PM

I tried to take this to Image Pickin but it's full.

I'll ask the troper who changed the image about this.

bwburke94 Since: May, 2014
15th Nov, 2021 03:30:04 PM

In any case, we might want to re-upload the old one so the file name doesn't reference the Shark Punching Center.

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bowserbros Since: May, 2014
15th Nov, 2021 03:42:26 PM

The new one only works with night vision, which is turned off by default, so yeah, revert to the old one.

Be kind.
15th Nov, 2021 03:44:19 PM

I sent a notifier to KnightVizier and they replied - they thought it counted as a quality upgrade and said they'll make a thread for it.

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Kuruni (Long Runner)
16th Nov, 2021 12:57:03 AM

"Secure Containment Procedures Foundation"? Look like someone mixes up the motto with its name. Not to mention needlessly hard to read on phone.

Edited by Kuruni
crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
16th Nov, 2021 06:00:02 AM

For the record, a "quality improvement" is not replacing one image with a "better" image. That requires a thread. A "quality improvement" refers to some quantity of the image being improved, such as resolution, size, (and including file type). Even selecting an image with better colour/brightness needs at least some consensus (a post or two in the main thread to confirm quality improvement) before replacing.

Changing the colour balance and text of an image is definitely not covered by "quality improvement" exceptions.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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