i use image ready too some times photo shop.... its basicaly the same thing as i would with paint the only difference is is that i can zoom in further so i can be more exact.....of course im a real newb at making kingdom gfx (look at the samurai wand and sai i made =_=) im pretty much use to making like im things and junk i dunno but basically im saying that photo shop is more convienent if you have imaging as a job. and also Adobe Illustrator could possibly be a good choice to if you know how to opperate it. of course i cant say that oppions are wrong im just trying to say each program has its strong points. paint is limited to basic graphics. photo shop is a medium tool used to (of course) edit photo's, a little bit of web stuff and the same pixeling skill as paint. Illustrators strong points are exact and precise lines good for most all graphic's. of course with all the editions that photoshop, image ready and illustrator have they are also hard to work with (especialy illustrator)

i only use imageready for animating...and photoshop for transparencies...nothing more

Ok..
Made the attachment completely in Photoshop.. Using nothing but pencil tool and layers. No filters at all.

Photoshop and Paint are not that much different besides the photograph editting options. It is still pixeling. I don't get how doing it in a different program that is based on the same things makes you suck at graphics or makes you leet.

Easier to set transparency in Photoshop, too. I know you can do it in MSPaint too, but.... :ninja:

It doesn't, just some people feel that way. BTW, nice work.
Exactly ;)

The only thing I dont like about MSpaint is when trying to make Gif's the colors get all messed up. Is there any way to make a gif with out having it mess up the colors? Such as if I made it with bmp then converted to gif? Or do I have to work in gif from the start and adjust all the colors manuelly since the predefined colors get messed up?

I dont ever use mspaint to save in .gif format for that very reason. Unfinished projets I save as .bmp, and when I have a final product I highlight the area I want saved and copy-paste it into Animagic window. From there I can set transparencies, create animated gifs or just plain gifs. Then I use gif2mng.exe (which comes with graal), if I need it in png or mng format.

Umm try that.

I do that for png's and mngs other wise mine never work in graal. But whats Animagic? Is it something you can download?