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4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	(Pixel) Graphics editing programs I've used Windows XP for a while and learned to love MSPaint. It's really been the best choice with pixel art for me for a really long time. [rant] With a new computer now though, instead of the paint I knew, I now have this shitty Windows 7 version. I'm not gonna bother listing just everything I dislike about it, but I have one certain thing that really annoys me. I just have to put this out here. If you ever sprited with XP's paint, you'd know how after making a line you could draw a new one from the spot you ended your last (apparently I tend to do this a lot). On Windows 7 however, you can CONVENIENTLY MOVE the line as if you DIDN'T ALREADY DRAW IT WHERE YOU WANTED IT TO BE by clicking & dragging it. I tried out GIMP, and it doesn't really have a proper line tool, as far as I know. Then I remembered hearing something about Paint.NET, so I tried it out. Guess what. You can freaking BEND the line instead of starting a new one. If anyone has experience with any of these programs, please enlighten me. I've gone through trying to get the XP/Vista version to replace the 7 one but due to some technical difficulties I've dismissed the option for now. [/rant] EDIT: Never mind. I can't do this. I need MSPaint. Regardless, thread on pixel graphics programs.
Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:36 pm

Shook Joined: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:43 pm Posts: 1695 Location: AH SHIT FUCK AUGH	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs graphicsgalegraphicsgalegraphicsgalegraphicsgalegraphicsgalegraphicsgale Only pixel program i'll ever need, superior to Paint in just about every way, short of making pretty circles with the circle tool (which is a highly situational tool to begin with). I can't possibly recommend that program hard enough. c:
Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:05 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs Managed to let myself replace windows 7's paint in system32 with the vista version. I am very, VERY relieved. Shook, don't take this moment away from me D: That looks like something I'm really after though, but I'll check it out later. Thanks anyway.
Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:25 pm

Major Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 5:30 am Posts: 853 Location: Auckland, NZ	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs You guys and your new-fangled paintotrons, MS Paint XP all the way. Everything else is just to confusing and complicated to be fun.
Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:23 am

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs ^ Vista paint is basically the same as XP paint, but with more-modern looking icons.
Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:10 am

debruynvince Joined: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:43 pm Posts: 81	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs http://www.aseprite.org/ found this in another thread...i think art dump. good program.
Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:54 pm

Metal Chao Joined: Sat May 05, 2007 6:04 pm Posts: 2901	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs I can understand not liking Paint on Windows 7 (you know, if you're an elderly woman scared of totally cosmetic changes) but you'd have to be a complete troglodyte not to use Vista's paint over XP's They are literally identical apart from Vista having more Undos Who on earth would object to more Undos
Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:25 pm

Duh102 happy carebear mom Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 am Posts: 7096 Location: b8bbd5	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs More undos means more crutches for terrible artists If you are good at art, you have nothing to fear from the lack of undos If you like more undos, you must have something to hide
Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:47 pm

Sothe Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs Duh102 wrote: More undos means more crutches for terrible artists If you are good at art, you have nothing to fear from the lack of undos If you like more undos, you must have something to hide Yeah ♥♥♥♥ not wanting mistakes. Just leave them all in. Down with the artistic process. And this pixel community showcases programs many users use on their website http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/links.asp?id=2245 Always good to have an open mind about which pixeling program is best for you
Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:05 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs So I tried out GraphicsGale, seems OK. I can't seem to find out whether I can change the mouse button functions though. I'd rather have the color pick as middle mouse button and right mouse button as secondary color. Making single pixels is a hassle too, as it locks it as a line. Is there any way to change this? Is there another forum regarding these questions?
Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:31 pm

Shook Joined: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:43 pm Posts: 1695 Location: AH SHIT FUCK AUGH	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs 4zK wrote: Making single pixels is a hassle too, as it locks it as a line. wot Which tool are you using? My pencil is super easy to make single pixels with. If anything, it's probably the line tool giving you problems. But just to clear things up: Is that the tool you're using? Because it should be, unless you're genuinely looking for the line tool, which is right next to it. Otherwise, i don't know of a GraphicsGale forum or a way to change the mouse buttons, though i've pretty much gotten used to the RMB-colour picker by now.
Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:43 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs Eh, didn't mention I prefer the line tool for pretty much everything. Yeah. It's pretty stupid if I can't somehow remove the easy-not-holding line thing. I've gotten used to the way you can right-click while "holding" a line to quick-undo it, so it's nice that they implemented it in GraphicsGale. However, it picks a new color every time you use right-click. I consider this a flaw. I think it'd be very optimal for the middle-mouse to have a use. I'm used to having two colors for both mouse buttons available for use, as in paint. There must be a quick key to switch primary color to secondary. There is, right? It would be really useless if there wasn't.
Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:53 pm

Shook Joined: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:43 pm Posts: 1695 Location: AH SHIT FUCK AUGH	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs Frankly i don't know, your modus operandi is vastly different from mine. I've never truly needed a button for colour switching, nor have i used the line tool enough that this quirk is of any issue to me. I only use the line tool when i explicitly need long, straight lines, otherwise it's mostly pencil and the occasional rectangle. HOWEVER, further inspection reveals to me a thing under File/Preferences that says "Keys". I believe you can set a hotkey for swapping colours there. There also seems to be a "Pick Colour" function, which, although probably not bindable to a mouse button (don't know how), can be bound to a key. Also worth noting is the "pick second colour" thing. What i don't see, unfortunately, is a way to make the line tool behave as you desire (i know that holding it down does remove the snapping, but it still ain't easy to make singular pixels).
Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:22 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs It's a shame that you can't change the mouse keys... Anyways, I guess I'll have to be able to get used to changing colors with a key or having a palette nearby. Thanks anyway!
Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:51 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: (Pixel) Graphics editing programs How can I quickly apply the CC palette with Gale?
Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:49 pm

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