Castle Paradox

Wisker · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Location: New Zealand

Whats a good program for pixel art?(or what do you use)
I've been using paint and recolouring my stuff in OHR but thats getting tedious. I have photoshop on my not so OHR computer (the one where I have to kick ass to get any time on) and was thinking about using it.
I've also considered getting one of the programs recommended by the OHR wiki if photoshop is no good but aren't sure how they stack up.

Not really on topic but I have a DA page if anyones interested
http://wisker.deviantart.com

Onlyoneinall · **Bug finder** Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 746

You've got very nice artwork. I personally have a tablet which can help for certain graphics, but I usually stick to using the OHR for my graphics, since keyboard gives me a lot of control (for backdrops and such, I get a palette from my game and use that to create it in photoshop). What sort of graphics do you have in mind in particular?
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Valigarmander · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Hey, that artwork is prett good. I wish I could draw. Sad...

I just use OHR to make my graphics. It's a lot less work than importing graphics and recoloring them. If there's a better way to do it, though, I'd like to know.

Wisker · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Location: New Zealand

Thanks for the compliments guys I'm happy you like my DA drawings. They're going to get better now I got some charcoal.

Yeah and the pixel stuff, I read some tutorials so I'm on track with photoshop now.

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:40 am Post subject:

Oh okay, if you're running Photoshop, you're in good shape.

I just thought that if you were stuck with nothing but MSPaint that other good programs to check into would be NeoPaint and Pixia, both which are freeware. NeoPaint is better if you're system can't handle 32-bit graphics programs while Pixia is probably the best graphics program that's free.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:43 am Post subject:

Graphics Utilities @ the Wiki

Battleblaze · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject:

Forget those other hoes. The GIMP is the program to use...but it seems you already bought your photoshop so I guess your cool.

And welcome to CP.
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Valigarmander · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject:

Wisker · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Location: New Zealand

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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

Camdog · Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 606

Gimp is a pain in the ass, since the user interface is so unintuitive. However, once you get used to it, it's just about as good as Photoshop as long as you aren't creating things that will eventually be used in print publications. It's free though, so it's what I use.