Attention sprite makers...

[HoneyBadger]

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.

[Saulot]

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.

[samoht]

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?

[Foodstamp]

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.

[samoht]

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.

[Foodstamp]

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

[Lingchih]

If you happen to be on a Mac... Graphic Converter is the program to use for image type conversion. It is also free I believe (at least it used to be).

I use Photoshop, but then, I am a graphic artist and have to have Photoshop to do my work. Most people would probably not want to drop the money for it.

All that said, I have never made a Mod (I am quite too lazy, I think), but I would be happy to lend my graphics knowledge to anyone who needs it.