Attention sprite makers...

[samoht]

I'm just wonder what programs are in popular use with the sprite makers of the Dominions community.

Or, if you've used various programs, which would you recomend and why.

[llamabeast]

I like the GIMP. It's a free and nice open source program, available for all platforms.

[lch]

Sombre uses Paintshop Pro. The rest uses GIMP afaik.

[Sombre]

If you don't know either, use GIMP, it's free. I can't switch because I'm used to PSP and when I try using anything else it's way too frustrating.

[HoneyBadger]

I use ImageForge. It's also free, and I've had problems with GIMP. ImageForge is a bit like Paint, only a lot more and a lot better.

[Saulot]

Once upon a time, I used plain old paint.

Now I use Gimp. It's nothing special, but it's more than sufficient to get the job done. I also have no problems with it.

If I had money to burn (or some need outside of sprites) for it, I might use PSP or some other high quality program.

[samoht]

ok, for starters i'm using plain old paint and to be honest i'm surprised with how good i've got a couple test units to look. at first i was skeptical, but if you zoom out far enough almost anything can look good... sort of like using a strobe light to dance: anybody looks like a great dancer.

anyways, i noticed the game uses .tga for the unit sprites, and Paint doesn't have .tga as an option when it comes time to save a picture.

if i were to actually use pictures made in Plain Old Paint, how would I go about saving them so they could be used in the game?

[Foodstamp]

Samoht, you need to download Gimp. It will allow you to convert the images to targa.

I use PSP for the same reason Sombre does, I am set in my ways.

[samoht]

alright, so just basically forget Paint? I need to? are you really giving me no choice? *sigh*

alright, fine, fine.

but just you wait. one of these days i'm going to come out with a killer mod and i'll blame you for making me download Gimp.

[Foodstamp]

Hehe. If you are enjoying Paint, keep doing your graphics in Paint and just use Gimp for conversion.