Bucic Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) I don't think it's OK for me to edit the map and re-upload it myself but you can take this map https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3310307/ open it in GIMP and use the Filters > Enhance > Unsharp (great name for a sharpening filter BTW) and apply the following values for great results. I think the preset *03 works best. Just copy the values from the screenshots, since it's a custom preset saved by me. Then you can go Image > Scale Image : 25% Compare it with the *original*.jpg screenshot. Edited September 29, 2023 by Bucic 1 https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) Out of curiosity I checked the GIMP help page for the Sharpen filter and it had an interesting section on color distortion. I re-applied the filter as the section advised - after decomposing the image color/value components. The results are pretty astonishing! Also the latest development build of GIMP crashes with OpenCL enabled so I got rid of that factor. The results are amazing, with even more sharpness and without the previously present color distortion. Note that some image viewers may display such a sharp map poorly if they do not apply any resampling method. I exported the image in GIMP using 75% image quality (indiscernable from noncopressed!) in two variants: scaled down to 25% scaled down to 50% (which is over 10 times the size of a 1080p screen) With scaling down another batch of speckles and other inconsistencies in the image get eliminated. Edited September 29, 2023 by Bucic 2 https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Don't laugh, I've just discovered that F10 map has a topographic/raster option. So I tried a similar process. This time re-applying sharpening again after recomposing. If the effect is excessive to your liking you can tone down the second sharpening. The problem is the F10/editor raster map is handled by DCS as an archive containing tens of tif files. I don't have any experience in batch processing in GIMP and somehow I don't feel like diving into it. The location of the in-game raster map is D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\terrains\TheChannel\RasterCharts\RasterCharts.zip plus some description labels file in binary format. Additionally, each of the dds files there have embedded mipmaps. I don't know whether they are used or not. The process I tried today was Edited September 30, 2023 by Bucic 1 1 https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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