Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Photoshop has the advantage of being able to go for a bajillion layers to test out colors, however, and going at 32x zoom. (CS4) Actually, I have tested out several settings for the fill bucket and selection tool, and despite me not having touched MS Paint in about 5 years found it to be quite useful now. It involves putting the tolerance level on the fill bucket tool to 1 or 2, and stuff. Though it is very expensive. Anyway, recoloring my personal mug is a pain at the moment. It's what I get for making it back when I didn't know about PS fill tolerance levels. >____< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 And on a not-so completely different note, does it have to be 16 colors? I took a Ephraim mug off of SF and tested out the colors. Turns out he has 55. WTF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) Photoshop has the advantage of being able to go for a bajillion layers to test out colors, however, and going at 32x zoom. (CS4) Actually, I have tested out several settings for the fill bucket and selection tool, and despite me not having touched MS Paint in about 5 years found it to be quite useful now. It involves putting the tolerance level on the fill bucket tool to 1 or 2, and stuff. Though it is very expensive. Anyway, recoloring my personal mug is a pain at the moment. It's what I get for making it back when I didn't know about PS fill tolerance levels. >____< I make copies, so I can test them out without worry. (Who needs to zoom, THAT close? ._.) It's just that PS has a lot of things that aren't needed for Spriting, though they can help, it can get confusing if you don't know how to use it. Like me. Imma Pirate...or rather my friend is. >_> I could always just make it 16 colors if you want. I dun want to do this boring math. 55 colors? That doesn't make sense. Edited September 14, 2010 by MeteorLunarSolar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 So am I. Though I prefer ninja. Having a Mac and using Photoshop for practically EVERYTHING really increases its usefulness, though. I sometimes go up to 16x, actually. Layers are the best. I've done things (not sprites) with over 400 before and it was worth the slight lag. ...on second notice, some of the colors are repeats. Or something really close like 250R 216G 130B v. 250R 216G 131B. WTF. It's just, I can't get it down to 15+background. I'm stuck at 16+background because there's just this ONE extra color. MF--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Hello, Lumi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Hey Fayt~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Hey Fayt~ :) How are you doing? I'd be better if it weren't for homework-induced exhaustion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I'm okay. Trying to condense my personal mug to 16 colors and not 17 is a pain, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I'm okay. Trying to condense my personal mug to 16 colors and not 17 is a pain, though. I see. I wish I could help with that, but I don't even know the first thing about where to start... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 So am I. Though I prefer ninja. Having a Mac and using Photoshop for practically EVERYTHING really increases its usefulness, though. I sometimes go up to 16x, actually. Layers are the best. I've done things (not sprites) with over 400 before and it was worth the slight lag. ...on second notice, some of the colors are repeats. Or something really close like 250R 216G 130B v. 250R 216G 131B. WTF. It's just, I can't get it down to 15+background. I'm stuck at 16+background because there's just this ONE extra color. MF--- 8D I don't have a Mac. I probably won't get a Mac either. I use x8 most of the time, sometimes x16 if I need to sprite tiny details. ... .____. Yeah, that would explain it. Which color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) I can't go back to using Windows anymore. Not saying that they're bad, but I'm not used to the keyboard shortcuts and I much rather use those than clicking things. I haven't actually gone up to 32x yet, but I expect I will need it when I paint really tiny details, though. Oh yeah. Painting things. It's the only time I went up to 400 layers. Besides that, 30 is my average for photomanipulation and ~70 for drawings. White. >___< But I decided to take out a lighter shade of blue instead so I think I'm good now. @Fayt: It's okay. Edited September 14, 2010 by Luminescent Blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Rey León Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 MSPaint can't animate .gifs, though. I want to do battle sprites too. I shouldn't bite off more than I can chew. I'll just stick with the basics for now. Thanks for the infodump, btw. Proto. I saved it as txt file for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 That's why you get Giffy and Unfreez Which is what I used to make this Srs GIF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prompto Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) ...disregard this, it actually doesn't make sense anymore. Edited September 14, 2010 by Cappuccino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I still hold Photoshop = god. Or at least my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Rey León Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Lumi, when I see your SM animation, I salivate. Seriously, that my goal. I always danced between whether I should sprite or not in the past and always leaned toward "...nah." But you made me want to give it a serious try. So, um, thanks for that. :) Soluna, what do you use for your artz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 :3 Good luck! If you need help, always ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 GIMP MSPaint Photoshop Usenti Paint.net etc I use the bolded. And Paint.net for transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Rey León Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 GIMP MSPaint Photoshop Usenti Paint.net etc I use the bolded. And Paint.net for transparency. You're name isn't Soluna I'm going to wait until I get my new computer before I download all that software (my current computer is...unstable, to say the least). That's why I'll just focus on MSPaint for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 If you were thinking about making Banners/sigs/Avys, use Photoshop or GIMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prompto Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) Why pay so much money for something so expensive when you can get something equally good for free, though? Sorry, Photoshop, but that's why you fail in my eyes. Soluna, what do you use for your artz? Graphics? GIMP. For actual drawing, I use MsPaint to start my sketches and color them in GIMP IF I like it enough. Too bad I suck at graphics most of the time and coloring orz Edited September 14, 2010 by Cappuccino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I just realized, I'm gonna be web designing this year. I need to learn how to make banners and shit. FUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prompto Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) I just realized, I'm gonna be web designing this year. I need to learn how to make banners and shit. FUUUUUUUUUUUUU- ..... I could teach you basics...? 8D Edited September 14, 2010 by Cappuccino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhythm Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I don't have a Mac. I probably won't get a Mac either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 ^ is here early today. Very early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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