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Title: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: CHAOS_FANTAZY on January 26, 2011, 10:05:44 PM
You've probably seen me floating around by now, making some custom sprites.  However, I'm in need of one more thing to begin serious work on them.

I need some form of advanced editing system--preferably Photoshop.  I snooped around myself, but I'd prefer to get it straight from the folks who already have it.  So, if you could send to where you "acquired" it, it would be most appreciated.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: TERRORsphere on January 26, 2011, 10:20:54 PM
Get gimp.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: CHAOS_FANTAZY on January 26, 2011, 10:43:41 PM
Quote from: "DoomThroughDoom"
Get gimp.

No links, no background information, no knowledge of its capabilities...I wouldn't buy it if it was free.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: Kapus on January 26, 2011, 10:49:08 PM
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/)



Paint.net is good too! (http://www.getpaint.net/download.html)
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: CHAOS_FANTAZY on January 26, 2011, 11:01:00 PM
Quote from: "Kapus"
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Thanks...if this forum had the Thank mechanic, I'd be using it.

Y'know, it's really frustrating that I have to go through all this trouble just to give my spritesheets a transparent background...but I'm rambling, and there's nothing I can do about it.

So thanks again, yadda yadda.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: Camo Yoshi on January 27, 2011, 04:05:36 AM
I prefer Paint.NET over GIMP because I think Paint.NET's interface is a bit cleaner. But that's just my opinion. :)
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: NitroBro on January 27, 2011, 12:13:38 PM
In the words of yellow devil
Quote from: "Yellow Devil"
MSPaint is good
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: KillerChair on January 27, 2011, 01:17:19 PM
Ive seen people using Gimp and making far more advanced stuff than with photoshop. ;)
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: CHAOS_FANTAZY on January 28, 2011, 01:39:37 AM
Quote from: "Yellow Devil"
MSPaint is good

If only--I don't believe it's capable of making transparent backgrounds.

Anyway, since this is still my "cry for help" thread, I took a look at both GIMP and Paint.NET...and they're mind-blowingly complicated.  Can someone explain to me how to do the one thing I need to be able to do--make transparent backgrounds--in ANY aforementioned system?
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: TERRORsphere on January 28, 2011, 01:41:42 AM
With gimp, make sure you don't have a "Background layer". The layer with bold text. So copy your crap to a new layer and delete the background layer. That's the 1st step.

The 2nd step is down to you.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: CHAOS_FANTAZY on January 28, 2011, 02:16:37 AM
Quote from: "DoomThroughDoom"
With gimp, make sure you don't have a "Background layer". The layer with bold text. So copy your crap to a new layer and delete the background layer. That's the 1st step.

The 2nd step is down to you.

I know you're probably busy with other stuff, but...

The entire reason of me posting is to get a straight answer with this question; fiddling leads to breaking, and I just want to do one thing with this.  Talking in riddles is frustrating...could I please get a straightforward answer?

EDIT:  Sorry for the bluntness.  I decided to actually read through the reskin tutorial topic, and it explained what to do.  You may now lock this, if you have such powers.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: TERRORsphere on January 28, 2011, 03:14:50 PM
I wanted you to get used to the interface and learn about the tools, rather than spoonfeed you.
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: ficarra1002 on March 10, 2011, 06:46:27 PM
Quote from: "CHAOS_FANTAZY"
Quote from: "DoomThroughDoom"
Get gimp.

No links, no background information, no knowledge of its capabilities...I wouldn't buy it if it was free.
There's this really cool thing these people made, it lets you gather so much information with a few simple keystrokes. Try it out.
http://www.google.com/ (http://www.google.com/)
Title: Re: Hey, I need some help.
Post by: Ivory on March 10, 2011, 06:51:42 PM
Ficarra. Second warning in one day.

Stop bumping threads. Your reason for bumping this thread is out of line. The matter was already dealt with and the topic was dead.

Thread Locked.