How Do I Make My Actors or Characters???

X-rayGames

How can i make my characters?
or
remove the background from a picture???

X-rayGames

like what program can i use to make characters?

casaldana27 said:
How can i make my characters?
or
remove the background from a picture???
and
and how do i make them shoot too?
PLISSSS HELP MEEE!

stanimation

If I understand you correctly, You do that in a paint program like photoshop of gimp. Then bring the image into GS as a .png file and apply it to an actor. Hope that helps?

X-rayGames

Does it remove the background from the image automaticaly?
thx 4 replying!

stanimation

You have to create your images or characters with no BG or cut the BG out in the paint program. Try looking at an example game and dragging an image to your desktop. Then open it in a paint program.

scorelessmusic

Don't forget to save your PNG with transparency

synthesis

Try this (if using photoshop...the industry standard):
http://www.ehow.com/how_2034277_make-png-photoshop.html

or this:
http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/photoshop/transparent/background.html

X-rayGames

thx evrybody! im working on it!!!

AfterBurnett

synthesis said:
Try this (if using photoshop...the industry standard):
http://www.ehow.com/how_2034277_make-png-photoshop.html

or this:
http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/photoshop/transparent/background.html

Wish I could afford Photoshop And my Photoshop Elements won't run on my Intel Mac! Photoline is a good, cheaper alternative... a little tricky to use but VERY powerful!

BarkBarkCo

GIMP, anyone? Nuthin' cheaper than free...

Although, I usually dual-boot into windows to run Paint.NET, another amazing AND free alternative... ;-)

synthesis

@Polygame
Photoshop ain't cheap...But IMHO...there is no substitute.
Perhaps if you kept your game at $1...you might be able to afford it by next week. :P

X-rayGames

i get it transparent on photoshop and gimp but once i drag it over to GS it has a whit background!!! help!
I save it as .png
how do i save it as transparancy!

X-rayGames

YAY IGOT MY PLNET TO BE TRANSPARENT BUT MY PLANE IS NOT COOPERATING!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX THX EVRYBODY

X-rayGames

now i got another question =(

X-rayGames

I GOT THE AIRPLANE TRANSPARENT!!!
i kept saving it as a copy instead of a layer :q

dknell

@paintbal4lyf
Pixelmator is an inexpensive and very powerful alternative to Photoshop. I also hear good things about Acorn but I have not tried it.

http://www.pixelmator.com/
http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/