Skinning...

SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
in NS Customization
<div class="IPBDescription">Advice?</div> As you can see, I am not good at drawings, nor am I good at skinning.

Now, I know HOW TO skin, it's just that I don't have the tools TO SKIN. Is there any easy yet powerful tools (programms) out there to aid my skinning?

Thanks for your time,
-Sid
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  • DelarosaDelarosa Naturally Custom Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10214Members, NS1 Playtester
    i use a combonation of photoshop and PSP.... both not quite *cough* you know *cough*.... but i'm a student, i can't even afford to THINK about being legal...

    a free one is MSPAINT, and IrFanView, the second, you can't actually create things (no brushes or things like that) but it's got all the photoshop effects (if you ever want to use them)
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  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    I already got BOTH of them of of KaZaA <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> But the bad thing is, how am I supposed to edit with this colour format, and how do I do layers?
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  • Wolf_KahlerWolf_Kahler Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10252Members
    Warez is bad. Like it? Buy it.

    In the meantime; <a href='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%2Bphotoshop%2Btutorials&btnG=Google+Search' target='_blank'>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...G=Google+Search</a>
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  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    Thanks wolf! Man, You're really handy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    -Sid
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  • PsionicMagePsionicMage Join Date: 2003-01-26 Member: 12765Members
    one thing a lot of new skinners dont realize is.... indexed color = bad...
    Image>mode>RBG color...

    Paint all u want

    then switch it back to indexed color

    image>mode>indexed color

    and save it as an 8-bit bmp....

    RBG lets u do so much more than indexed
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Try The Gimp. It's a completely free, ultra powerful program for Linux, but you can also run it on a PC. Search The Gimp on Googel.
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Ah yes - I've heard good things about the Gimp. Also, I thought PSP was free, in a kind of everlasting trial version way.
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  • DelarosaDelarosa Naturally Custom Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10214Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--PsionicMage+Feb 7 2003, 09:19 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PsionicMage @ Feb 7 2003, 09:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> one thing a lot of new skinners dont realize is.... indexed color = bad...
    Image>mode>RBG color...

    Paint all u want

    then switch it back to indexed color

    image>mode>indexed color

    and save it as an 8-bit bmp....

    RBG lets u do so much more than indexed <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!! lol, i downloaded PSP because i couldn't save as 8bit bmp... lol, now somone has gone and saved me the trouble....
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  • NeptalidNeptalid Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11951Members
    edited February 2003
    It took me forever to find out the color mode thing, I spent a long time in the help file wondering if it was talking about bit depth per pixel or for the whole image. Then I figured it out somehow, would have been nice if when the 8-bit toggle was dimmed on the save dialogue, it gave some sort of hint...I dunno..why?

    Oh yeah, and it didn't help that there is a black and white line-art mode called "bitmap."
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  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    Thanks guys <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    Hows this for my first skin? (all I did was reskin the nose and add a gradius. Red nosed grenades for easy tracking.. well is it good for a first try?)

    -Sid
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  • Wolf_KahlerWolf_Kahler Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10252Members
    edited February 2003
    Getting better. But it's "gradient."
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  • NeptalidNeptalid Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11951Members
    The sad thing about the grenade nose, is that the mesh for it isn't continuous. So no 3-click perfect gradient tools <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SidSid Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
    I fixed that problem. I made a gradient that got lighter at one side, and it was seriously messed-up looking. It would go from dark red to pure white and look really wierd, so I put the light part int he middle and it looks awesome! Here's the .mdl file if you wanna download it...
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