Semi-transparency

gemini2 · #1 02-08-2008, 02:55 AM

I was wondering if anybody knew of a good program for applying semi-transparency to images. Anyone willing to share? :>

Stephen · #2 02-08-2008, 03:00 AM

Adobe Photoshop

Ter13 · #3 02-08-2008, 03:22 AM

Or if you can't afford photoshop, you can always use "The Gimp".

I use Photoshop on my desktop, and the Gimp on my laptop. I do most of my developing on the laptop anyway, so I tend to use the Gimp more than photoshop.

Though, the Gimp is honestly the better option for pixel art. Photoshop can be good for pixel art, but you have to muck with some settings that remove Anti-aliasing and feathering, as well as pressure. Most people can't figure out how to disable these right off the bat. The Gimp has a lower learning curve, but doing the more difficult advanced things you can do easily with photoshop are much harder in The Gimp.

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Hang on, because I didn't say it enough times in that last block of text:

The Gimp
The Gimp
The Gimp
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Stephen · #4 02-08-2008, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ter13

Or if you can't afford photoshop, you can always use "The Gimp".

The real question is if you can afford high speed internet - and if not that, the patience required to obtain it on anything slower.

Ter13 · #5 02-08-2008, 04:05 AM

I see what you did there. And while I have my own pirate personae on the internet, I understand that others aren't quite savvy enough to scour the Pirate Bay for kickin' lewtz. ;P

I was just tossing out a legal suggestion, even though the illegal one seems much more lucrative.

Stephen · #6 02-08-2008, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ter13

I see what you did there. And while I have my own pirate personae on the internet, I understand that others aren't quite savvy enough to scour the Pirate Bay for kickin' lewtz. ;P

I was just tossing out a legal suggestion, even though the illegal one seems much more lucrative.

Who mentioned anything about anything illegal? Don't soil my thread with your trash talk.

gemini2 · #7 02-08-2008, 04:19 AM

Seems okay. Thanks, Ter :>

Xterminator · #8 02-08-2008, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen

Who mentioned anything about anything illegal? Don't soil my thread with your trash talk.

Lol

kia345 · #9 02-08-2008, 01:24 PM

Paint.NET

Ter13 · #10 02-08-2008, 01:54 PM

Paint.net is another good one, but I don't like Paint.net for anything more than layered pixel work. I prefer the Gimp because of the photoshop-like layout.

cbk1994 · #11 02-08-2008, 03:44 PM

Gimp makes me want to die. As does Photoshop (less so).

I'm just weird that way.

Fireworks ftw

Ter13 · #12 02-08-2008, 03:54 PM

Never much cared for fireworks, personally. Usually, I start out in MS Paint, make a basic outline. Then I jump into Gimp/Photoshop, and do the shading using layers, that way I can easily modify the image later on.

Next, I compile a png image, and take it into Flash MX. I trace the image and make an object, with each separate bodypart on a different layer. I use MX to create new poses and animations, then take the new pose into paint and make the outline for that pose, and repeat the process of shading.

=/ I like my method, even if it is time-consuming.