Curious Question: What paint program would you use for creating pak128?

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Curious Question: What paint program would you use for creating pak128?

August 20, 2010, 08:00:16 am

Just curious... I make using Paint.NET (sometimes GIMP and normal Paint).

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Reply #1 – August 20, 2010, 08:08:42 am

I use Photoshop, because I'm fortunate to have it; and I like using layers - it works well for the type of things I do.

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Reply #2 – August 20, 2010, 08:14:19 am

Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall – on August 20, 2010, 08:08:42 am

I use Photoshop...

I always wanted to have Photoshop... now I need to buy -.-

Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall – on August 20, 2010, 08:08:42 am

...I like using layers - it works well for the type of things I do.

Me too. Layers are the MOST important thing to use for.

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Reply #3 – August 20, 2010, 08:28:41 am

The GIMP also has layer management, and is free. But I also use Photoshop, because I know it better

For creating simutrans objects I use Blender, a custom tool and Shades. Some (few) times also Photoshop.

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Reply #4 – August 20, 2010, 09:36:56 am

I use photofiltre, the others are too complicated for me

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Reply #5 – August 20, 2010, 10:17:50 am

I use Gimp and i'm rather pleased with it.

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Reply #6 – August 20, 2010, 12:26:04 pm

photoshop has this one feature that GIMP does not have, and it's magic wand without contiguous selection. This tool really simplifies cleaning up 3D renders.

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Reply #7 – August 20, 2010, 02:51:39 pm

Quote from: AEO – on August 20, 2010, 12:26:04 pm

photoshop has this one feature that GIMP does not have, and it's magic wand without contiguous selection. This tool really simplifies cleaning up 3D renders.

Nice shot!

I really used the magic wand a lot to clean my 3D renders. Even it is great to repaint graphics with special/player colors. Now I don't use it any more though.

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Reply #8 – August 20, 2010, 10:16:00 pm

I use PAINT.NET, it's fast, simple, and free.
The anti-aliasing sucks, though.

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Reply #9 – August 21, 2010, 02:36:06 am

Quote from: Freewayman – on August 20, 2010, 10:16:00 pm

I use PAINT.NET, it's fast, simple, and free.
The anti-aliasing sucks, though.

Is it easy for you?

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Reply #10 – August 25, 2010, 07:03:46 am

Another question:

Where will you get textures (rather than textures from this file.)

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Reply #11 – August 25, 2010, 07:35:29 am

for textures, you can use google image search and just type in something like 'red brick wall'.
You'd then have to somehow change the perspective of the image, be it a function of the painting program or popping it in a 3D program.

or you can play around with the hue, saturation and colour balance of the textures that are already made.

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Reply #12 – August 25, 2010, 07:56:22 am

Quote from: AEO – on August 25, 2010, 07:35:29 am

You'd then have to somehow change the perspective of the image, be it a function of the painting program or popping it in a 3D program.

But how?

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Reply #13 – August 25, 2010, 11:58:32 am

Depends on the software you're using.

Try something like this: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=photoshop+perspective+tutorial -- only change the software to match what you're using.

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Reply #14 – August 25, 2010, 12:19:44 pm

Quote from: STransMaker – on August 25, 2010, 07:03:46 am

Where will you get textures

http://www.burningwell.org/gallery2/v/textures/
http://freegamedev.net/wiki/Main_Page
http://search.freegamedev.net/
http://opengameart.org/
Some are repositories, some have just collections of links to other collections. Lots of stuff...

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Reply #15 – August 26, 2010, 06:53:39 am

Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall – on August 25, 2010, 11:58:32 am

Depends on the software you're using.

Try something like this: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=photoshop+perspective+tutorial -- only change the software to match what you're using.

Thanks but I don't have Photoshop.

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Reply #16 – August 26, 2010, 09:28:33 pm

Quote from: STransMaker – on August 26, 2010, 06:53:39 am

Thanks but I don't have Photoshop.

And that's precisely why I said:

Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall – on August 25, 2010, 11:58:32 am

change the software to match what you're using.

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Reply #17 – August 27, 2010, 06:20:05 am

Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall – on August 26, 2010, 09:28:33 pm

And that's precisely why I said "change the software..."

Ok, let me see how.

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Reply #18 – August 27, 2010, 07:08:18 am

Quote from: AEO – on August 20, 2010, 12:26:04 pm

photoshop has this one feature that GIMP does not have, and it's magic wand without contiguous selection. This tool really simplifies cleaning up 3D renders.

I had found this "The Magic Wand tool allows you to select an area of an image based on its colour". This tool is in GIMP too.

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Reply #19 – August 27, 2010, 07:14:08 am

Quote from: sojo – on August 27, 2010, 07:08:18 am

I had found this "The Magic Wand tool allows you to select an area of an image based on its colour". This tool is in GIMP too.

but does it work with the entire picture or just the connected sections?
if it's the entire picture, is it a new feature for gimp or is it an extension? because that's about the only thing that keeps me from using GIMP for editing renders.

what usually happens with renders, is that all the unwanted parts of edges will not be selected by the magic wand in GIMP, instead forcing me to erase these pixels one by one.

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Reply #20 – August 27, 2010, 08:35:46 am

Paint.NET has a magic wand that can be selected on full picture (100%), some parts of the picture (20% - 50%) and at the same colour-or-some-sort (1% - 15%).