Showing posts with label biker mice from mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biker mice from mars. Show all posts

Fun With Windows Live Photo Gallery

Today's post is a little bit different but I think you'll find it interesting.

In a commercial for Microsoft's Windows Live Photo Gallery, a little girl easily stitches together a panoramic photo using the program.  After seeing it, I decided to download the program.  I figured that I might be able to use it to stitch together some scans I have.  Well, it didn't work.  However, I discovered that the panoramic feature has other benefits.

A lot of animated shows pan the "camera" up or down to show a character in full.  I decided to see what would happen if I took some screenshots of such a pan and had the program try to stitch them together. 

The result was that you end up with a "full-length" pic of the character.  I decided to try a few of these, which I am sharing below.

First, here's a pic of Rayne made up of screens from the first episode of Neo Angelique Abyss:

 
Next, is a pic of Namor made up of screens from the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Imperius Rex":
 
 
Here is a pic of Throttle made up of screens from the Biker Mice From Mars episode "Stalkers":

 
And lastly, here is a pic of one of the guys of Tytania, made up of screens from the show's ending sequence:
 
 
As you can see, this feature is something I will likely exploit for future posts.  I know there are other programs that have that same feature (and may not be as memory-intensive for someone with as many images as me).  If anyone has some suggestions, leave them in the comments or shoutbox.  

Biker Mice From Mars

One of my favorite shows when I was younger was Biker Mice From Mars.  For those who don't know or remember this 90's show, it dealt with three human-sized mice from Mars who crash land on Earth and fight against the evil Plutarkians.  It had a nice mix of action, humor, and great voice work that I always enjoyed.  Did I mention that these three mice were tall, buff, and never wore shirts?

Like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the show recently got a sequel/reboot and it's currently airing on 4KidsTV.  The voices of the three main characters all returned for the new show but the character designs are dramatically different.

Most of the first season of the 1990's show can be found on YouTube.  I've included more artwork from the show below (courtesy of the Unofficial Biker Mice From Mas Fan Club and other sources) along with a single pic of the characters from the new version (for comparison) at the end.