What does everyone use?

[Malinko]

I'd like to know what people use to make GFX.

Personally, MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop 7 owns. Of course, Jasc Paintshop programs are good for transparent things in 3 seconds. Plus, Adobe Photoshop 8/CS sucks!

So what does everyone use?

[haunter]

Photoshop CS...

Works fine for me.

[Chaos0838]

MS Paint, nothing more

[Malinko]

CS sucks horribly. It's just bleh. 7 is so much better. Paint for outiling and everything else for shading.

[haunter]

I have to use 7 at school... I don't notice much difference... The only real thing I've noticed between 7 and CS that's annoying, is that CS doesn't allow you to edit any sort of image of money.

[Scott]

MSPaint, and Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
I use Gimp at school though.

[MrCharles]

paint and i have psp7 but i dont use it much

[Gabnid]

..and all this time, I've been drawing on my monitor's screen with a Sharpie.. I'm such a goon.

[davidpsy]

ms paint, and psp7 .

[Scott]

Originally Posted by davidpsy

ms paint, and psp7 .

Emphasis on the PSP7.

[davidpsy]

Originally Posted by Scott

Emphasis on the PSP7.

There is nothing wrong with using psp7, I use it alot better now (Ive learned its not how many colors you use but how you use them so I use some techniques from pixelation) and if you would like examples...

[Skyerus]

Adobe Photoshop 7 and Paint Shop Pro 7.

[billybob256]

Fireworks MX!

I do so many things in flash so i am used to the layout of Fireworks and i like the gui and the way that all the options for image editing is laid out.

[protagonist]

GIMP.

Fricking stupid limit grr.

[teshy2]

PhotoImpact 7. In my oppinion the best graphical software out there. I've give photoshop and paint shop pro several chances but the low quality soon made me go back to Impact.

[Galdor]

I use PhotoImpact 8. Much, much better then Tesh's PhotoImpact 7 xP
When I finaly get my wacom tablet so will I probobly use photoshop a bit more then Photoimpact.

[TonyRivers]

Psp7 and mspaint

[WanDaMan]

Well I normally use ms paint, untill around a week ago I started testing/experimenting with adobe. But I like paint much better, malinko told me somet cool on there

[VeX_RaT_Boy]

Mspaint and Fireworks.

[Mr-Cool]

why do people use ms paint. dont you know your second program already has the same exact thing in it?

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by davidpsy

ms paint, and psp7 .

Me too

And dude, haro, while it does have basically the same thing, it's buried under craploads of fancy tools and layers and wossnames and weird stuff that i don't care to understand o_o

[billybob256]

Originally Posted by Monkeyboy_McGee

And dude, haro, while it does have basically the same thing, it's buried under craploads of fancy tools and layers and wossnames and weird stuff that i don't care to understand o_o

Yup, on fireworks you have to click about 3 buttons just to get a straight line that isn't textured or really thick -.-, which is why most people use paint.

[GoZelda]

Originally Posted by protagonist

Fricking stupid limit grr.

RIP THE MINIMUM CHARACTER REQUIREMENT!

I use IrfanView, sometimes PSP6, and ofcourse 100% MS Paint.

[Mr-Cool]

all i use is Paint shop pro 7 .

it has everything i need.

[WanDaMan]

i just made this is photoshop, give take 30 mins.
ignore the cliffs for now but everything else looks quite good, o and the deep water..

[Mr-Cool]

that would take a week to do in paint

[WanDaMan]

Originally Posted by Mr-Cool

that would take a week to do in paint

Ya, it's cool but it looks lame
I'm a bit mad ( issed: ) I used to make tileets in paint, only took 30 mins o.o, not even that 20 at the most

edit the pissed smiley dosn't work :O

also made this GUI aswell in photoshop (earlier today)

[Mr-Cool]

i think the biggest improvement with psp is the ability to work in layers.

[WanDaMan]

Originally Posted by Mr-Cool

i think the biggest improvement with psp is the ability to work in layers.

that's how I did the tileset, see my other post, I edited and attached a GUI I made xD

[teshy2]

Originally Posted by WanDaMan

i just made this is photoshop, give take 30 mins.
ignore the cliffs for now but everything else looks quite good, o and the deep water..

It took you 30 mins to add some noise effect and change the colors a bit? o_O

[WanDaMan]

Originally Posted by teshy2

It took you 30 mins to add some noise effect and change the colors a bit? o_O

Not really...
I had to do the graphics in paint then convert them into photoshop using layers
and read my other post, 20 minutes xD i'm also new at photoshop so don't make it harder than it is..

[XxDarkrazorxX]

Ms Paint, it rox...

[haunter]

Yeah, Layers are the big plus for me with Photoshop... But using translucency on a layer for pixel art = a no-no.

You can use Photoshop alot faster than MSPaint I find... Once you get used to the hotkeys that is.

[Mr-Cool]

i use layer translucency in pixel art. you can change the shading hue and depth on the fly with a little slider. its awsome

i understand the need to minimize colors if your making sprites for cell phone games and gba games. but this is PC games we're talking about. Id rather have my file be 1k bigger to keep the quality you would use by cutting down the colors. too much dithering makes it look crappy

[--Chris--]

MS Paint only

[ZER0_H0UR]

MS Paint for image-makin' and photoshop 7 for file conversion and transparency

[Scott]

I find MS Paint is just all around more user friendly. You can access stuff mouch more quickly, and it doesn't have brushes for el' lazy people. :] If MS Paint had layers, it would be ultimate.

[TonyRivers]

I don't even understand psp7 im a little slow when it comes to programs but I like mspaint for outlines and shapes because I can get a crisp thin line. But I do eventualy want to learn about the layers and stuff. Also im looking for a program like that online pixel board alrid posted. That would be great for drawing concept art because the lines were really thin and when they go diagonal they don't add pixelage..

[Scott]

Originally Posted by TonyRivers

I don't even understand psp7 im a little slow when it comes to programs but I like mspaint for outlines and shapes because I can get a crisp thin line. But I do eventualy want to learn about the layers and stuff. Also im looking for a program like that online pixel board alrid posted. That would be great for drawing concept art because the lines were really thin and when they go diagonal they don't add pixelage..

Okekai? Just search Okekai, tons of those boards out there.

[ZER0_H0UR]

Originally Posted by Scott

I find MS Paint is just all around more user friendly. You can access stuff mouch more quickly, and it doesn't have brushes for el' lazy people. :] If MS Paint had layers, it would be ultimate.

Also, if MS Paint could handle transparency and the newest file types (maybe even plugins?) it would be the ULTIMATE graphics program (: