program for spriting
program for spriting
can you guys help me? i am using affinity photo editor and i think its not enough ... what programs do you guys use to make weapon sprites? please help me
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Dr_Cosmobyte
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Re: program for spriting
GIMP, Photoshop, Paint.NET...
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i never got into gimp its so hard.... why couldt they make it more like photoshop... i use affinity photo.. i am not sure if i need to buy affinity designer
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Re: program for spriting
why don't you just get photoshop actually no I really don't want to encourage anyone to defile and slow down their computer with Adobe products right now
here https://www.pcsteps.com/1566-make-gimp- ... photoshop/
here https://www.pcsteps.com/1566-make-gimp- ... photoshop/
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Krita is pretty good according to people.
I use Photoshop CS6, myself. I recommend it over GIMP. No matter what you shove onto GIMP to make it look like Photoshop, it still won't be as good as Photoshop.
(Here's an example: Photoshop can do hue shifts, curves filters, gradient maps, etc. as adjustment layers, which don't permanently modify anything until you merge them onto another layer. GIMP, meanwhile, still doesn't have anything like this AFAIK)
Photoshop is also more stable and waaaaaaaaaay faster. On my computer GIMP would takes a LONG time to open (more than 10 minutes) while Photoshop opens pretty fast. (<5 minutes)
I use Photoshop CS6, myself. I recommend it over GIMP. No matter what you shove onto GIMP to make it look like Photoshop, it still won't be as good as Photoshop.
(Here's an example: Photoshop can do hue shifts, curves filters, gradient maps, etc. as adjustment layers, which don't permanently modify anything until you merge them onto another layer. GIMP, meanwhile, still doesn't have anything like this AFAIK)
Photoshop is also more stable and waaaaaaaaaay faster. On my computer GIMP would takes a LONG time to open (more than 10 minutes) while Photoshop opens pretty fast. (<5 minutes)
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Re: program for spriting
AESprite is free and made especially for sprite work. I also recommend ArtGem, or if you're not afraid of using DOSBox, Deluxe Paint is great.
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MSPaint, IrfanView, Paint.NET
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For 2D graphics work, I can't stand anything other than Photoshop, to be honest. Sure, it's not free but it's the most competent and feature-packed one.
Sprite workflow is 100% possible with Photoshop... there are pixel brushes, extreme zoom in and out, timeline editor for animation...
Sprite workflow is 100% possible with Photoshop... there are pixel brushes, extreme zoom in and out, timeline editor for animation...
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Since I have a feeling this is going to come up eventually: remember that no matter how good and powerful your graphics program of choice may be, it's not going to draw your graphics for you. If the results aren't turning out the way you want them, you can hardly blame the program - you just need to be willing to practice and ask for help with things. Remember, everybody that does great graphics today, started from nothing at some point in the past.