Tutorials, links, tips

[the_starcrosser]

Originally Posted by Bluek250

Links are greatly appreciated guys, especially that tutorial page, SK. Also, star_crosser, you have no idea how much I'd LOVE to edit those KOF faces. I take it Photoshop is the only way to go on those?

Yeah, it's really the best program out there for this sort of thing. I use Photoshop Elements, a "lite" version that came with my wonderful scanner. (Kinetix says it's a crappy program, but it has everything i need so i'm plugging my ears and saying "La la la laaa la".) I also have a couple old versions of photoshop floating around somewhere in my CD stacks. i suggest finding a way to NOT pay full price for shiny new photoshop, because that's about $600+. not happy. (remember kids! keep it legal! >_> )

if you find any other program that you can use, go for it! And tell us, too, we're all poor. Either way, i hope you can try it - We'd love to see your work!

[Bluek250]

Originally Posted by the_starcrosser

Yeah, it's really the best program out there for this sort of thing. I use Photoshop Elements, a "lite" version that came with my wonderful scanner. (Kinetix says it's a crappy program, but it has everything i need so i'm plugging my ears and saying "La la la laaa la".) I also have a couple old versions of photoshop floating around somewhere in my CD stacks. i suggest finding a way to NOT pay full price for shiny new photoshop, because that's about $600+. not happy. (remember kids! keep it legal! >_> )

if you find any other program that you can use, go for it! And tell us, too, we're all poor. Either way, i hope you can try it - We'd love to see your work!

Oh, don't worry, I already have Photoshop.

[Red Nile]

Here's my first attempt at making a sprite for Verdant Mania. A bit rough in spots, I know. The main things I want to change are getting rid of the glove (haven't found a suitable hand to replace it, and my attempts to manually get rid of it didn't turn out so well), and I'd love to make the skirt a green and white plaid. But no idea how to do that, or how to deal with all the pleats.



Any tips from the experts, things you can see that need tweaking?

[Poison]

The glove part is easy, just color it like her skin and remove the edges that indicate a glove.
The plaid skirt... well, that's just work (and pretty impossible to do, it won't look good).

[Red Nile]

Yeah, I tried editing the glove once, and it looked like a mess by the time I was done. I manually got rid of a pair of shorts that were under the skirt in a similar way. I might give it another try...

[Quakester]

how's this?

[Red Nile]

Ooh, thanks Quakester!

[Red Nile]

Any tips on how you did that, Quakester? What tools did you use?

[Red Nile]

Realized I had the scarf the wrong colour, reversed the colours on it.

[Quakester]

Oddly enough, I just used MS Paint and eyeballed it. That's how I did most of my edits. Which is why Star and SK are so much better and why I stopped.