Attention sprite makers...
 

I'm just wonder what programs are in popular use with the sprite makers of the Dominions community.

Or, if you've used various programs, which would you recomend and why.

Re: Attention sprite makers...
 

I like the GIMP. It's a free and nice open source program, available for all platforms.

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Sombre uses Paintshop Pro. The rest uses GIMP afaik.

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If you don't know either, use GIMP, it's free. I can't switch because I'm used to PSP and when I try using anything else it's way too frustrating.

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I use ImageForge. It's also free, and I've had problems with GIMP. ImageForge is a bit like Paint, only a lot more and a lot better.

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Once upon a time, I used plain old paint.

Now I use Gimp. It's nothing special, but it's more than sufficient to get the job done. I also have no problems with it.

If I had money to burn (or some need outside of sprites) for it, I might use PSP or some other high quality program.

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ok, for starters i'm using plain old paint and to be honest i'm surprised with how good i've got a couple test units to look. at first i was skeptical, but if you zoom out far enough almost anything can look good... sort of like using a strobe light to dance: anybody looks like a great dancer.

anyways, i noticed the game uses .tga for the unit sprites, and Paint doesn't have .tga as an option when it comes time to save a picture.

if i were to actually use pictures made in Plain Old Paint, how would I go about saving them so they could be used in the game?

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Samoht, you need to download Gimp. It will allow you to convert the images to targa.

I use PSP for the same reason Sombre does, I am set in my ways.

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alright, so just basically forget Paint? I need to? are you really giving me no choice? *sigh*

alright, fine, fine.

but just you wait. one of these days i'm going to come out with a killer mod and i'll blame you for making me download Gimp.

Re: Attention sprite makers...
 

Hehe. If you are enjoying Paint, keep doing your graphics in Paint and just use Gimp for conversion.