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Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:42 pm ]
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Hey guys, wow I havn't been on this forum in ever. So yeah, I'm going to re-try some scene making. I already tried to make a few things using various programs such as paint, but you can't get smooth lines and theres an awful zoom. Then I tried using what other programs I had. ( Flash 8 ) It worked good, I could make smooth lines and zoom in a good way, but whenever I exported the BMP it would be some random shade of brown or pink >.>". I eventualy got it to export my first test with no really odd colours but I had DEFAULT plastered all over the map where the ground shold have been. (I had fun lagging the game with that for a bit)
So what I'm looking for is another painting program. Can anyone reccomend something? I'll take nearly anything at this point. Thanks in advance. :D

EDIT: Picturez of teh map.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa13 ... /Hills.jpg
Note: Its not finished thats just some of the underground blending(ish) done also, its not going to be that tall in the end...
Author:  Krumbs [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:27 pm ]
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I quite like it.
Author:  ppiksmada [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:42 pm ]
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King of the hill? Anywho I like it, nice details.
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:48 pm ]
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Its still not done, nowhere close. I need a better proram for editing... I should probably PM Tim, when I used to be "Active" he was the king of scenes.
Author:  bbbzzz234 [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:39 pm ]
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CantTouchTheGround wrote:
It worked good, I could make smooth lines and zoom in a good way, but whenever I exported the BMP it would be some random shade of brown or pink


Uhh maybe that is because the bitmap depth you selected did not support those colors?
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:55 pm ]
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I fixed that in the end, but still whenever I try and use it it is plastered with DEFAULT. Also, the largest size I can make a map with Flash 8 is 2880 x 2880. Which sucks :P Any recomendations anyone?
Author:  Lord Tim [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:06 pm ]
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CantTouchTheGround wrote:
Its still not done, nowhere close. I need a better proram for editing... I should probably PM Tim, when I used to be "Active" he was the king of scenes.


Sounds like the problem you have is the palette. It's not enough to just make it a .bmp, sometimes programs secretly blend colors and stuff, so what you have to do is take something like PromGrounds.rte/Scenes/PromGrounds.bmp and paste your image into that, and then save it. It should force all the colors into the right palette, and you'll be good to go.
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:20 pm ]
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Thanks Tim, but I still think I need something better then Flash for editing photos. (Flash is ment for animation not making graphics)

EDIT: Well yeah, I DL'd Photoshop 3 trial to test it, got a little further, (Completely restarted it pretty much) but for somereason I can't export or save as a BMP >.<"""
That a big piss off.
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:34 am ]
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Does anyone know if CC will take any other compression then .BMP? Such as .Png or .Tiff 'cause thats what I'm stuck with. >.<"
Sorry for double post.
Author:  Lord Tim [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:35 am ]
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No. Only .bmp. But you should be able to convert them easily...
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:36 am ]
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Using what, might I ask.
Author:  Lord Tim [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:36 am ]
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MSPaint. That's what I use. Edit->Paste From...
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:37 am ]
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Kay, thanks.
EDIT: BLAH, I tried the paste from thing and I got an error :
Code:
C:\documents and settings\ect..
Paint cannot read this file.
This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported

I tried to add a .png over promgrounds.bmp .png is the only actual photo type I can export as and earlier you said to paste over promgrounds.bmp or something to fix the blending.
Author:  Lord Tim [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:51 am ]
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You have to save. Don't Save As. It's a special kind of .bmp, and saving it as a regular 256 color .bmp will break it.

You could also give me the image, and I'll fix it for you.
Author:  CantTouchTheGround [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:58 am ]
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I ment I saved it in Photoshop as a .png and now paint can't load it, but windows viewer can, here see if you can load it in paint.
Noe: Its still not done, I just badly want to test it.
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