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#1 Dudemeister

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Posted 15 December 2021 - 06:48 PM

Short of learning how to design and program vPX tables, is there a simple way to replace the backglass on Desktop style tables?  There are a lot of tables that have the wrong backglass because they seem to have been derived from a different table, or they don't have any backglass at all, just the table and the DMD.

 

Take the table below, Big Trouble in Little China.  It has the Canasta 86 backdrop.  I'd like to do a proper backdrop for it, but how do I go about replacing the Canasta background with the one I design?

 

bigtroubleinlittlechina_t.jpg

 

Are there are ny special requirements as the the file format, size, aspect ratio, color depth, etc?

 

 



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Posted 15 December 2021 - 07:05 PM

Just import your image into your Image Manager

 

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And then select it in "DT Image"

 

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I use 16/9 settings (1920 x 1080 x 72ppp) and JPG format


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                                               LINK TO MY 204 BACKDROPS : Design Resources/ Main Resources/Table Templates/Table Resources/Backdrops for VPX Tables (DT 16/9)  2.0 


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Posted 16 December 2021 - 02:07 AM

Thank you for your help.  That was very helpful.

 

Here is my first try at this:

 

bigtroubleinlittlechina0_t.jpg



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Posted 16 December 2021 - 11:51 AM

Thank you for your help.  That was very helpful.

 

Here is my first try at this:

 

bigtroubleinlittlechina0_t.jpg

Very nice man!



 


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Posted 16 December 2021 - 03:58 PM

And just in case anyone is interested in this backdrop, here it is.  It's 2560x1440 (16:9 ar).

 

Import it into your table as described in Post#2 above.

 

bigtrouble_t.jpg







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