Shall I bring out the GIMP ?
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Hello, I notice that a few people here at gamedev use a 2d graphics utility known as "GIMP".
I am using MS Paint at the moment for my .bmp''s, and I am needing something that will run through bitmaps in a sequence, to help with animation.
If I am only using .bmp''s is there any good reason to download GIMP ?
El Duderino
Yup, the Gimp is a really cool graphics editor that has a lot of features that paint lacks.
You can use layers to do your animation frames.
There are loads of filters for blurring, bumpmapping and other stuff.
For bitmaps, I use lots of transparent layers to test ideas out and then collapse them into one bitmap to save.
Basically, once you have learnt to use it - and you will need to read some tutorials - it is really handy for making good looking graphics.
Regards,
DeVore
You can use layers to do your animation frames.
There are loads of filters for blurring, bumpmapping and other stuff.
For bitmaps, I use lots of transparent layers to test ideas out and then collapse them into one bitmap to save.
Basically, once you have learnt to use it - and you will need to read some tutorials - it is really handy for making good looking graphics.
Regards,
DeVore
GIMP isn''t as good as Photoshop 6.0 but it''s *really* good and way better than this crappy Paint.
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