Re: [pygame] Pixel Editor

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 10:54:34AM -0800, Patrick Mullen wrote:
>    Hi, I also use gimp.  Here is a list of setting changes/tools to make it
>    nicer for pixel editing:
> 
>     * Set the new image to whatever format you are working with most of the
>    time.  I don't like working with a transparent background so much, because
>    it's harder to erase to transparent than to just press "x" to switch to my
>    transparent color and paint with that; but if I am working with 64x64 or
>    higher res than I use transparency instead
>     * Set the default grid in preferences to whatever sized tiles/sprites you
>    are working with, and I like dashed lines
>     * Under Image Windows, under Mouse Cursors, make sure to select "show
>    brush outline" and DEselect "show paint cursor - this way you will have a
>    nice little pixel box instead of a mouse cursor
>     * Check "show grid" in the View menu
>     * Also in the view menu, choose new view - that way you can set up a
>    window that shows a zoomed out view while you work zoomed in
>     * Use the pencil tool mostly
>     * And don't forget, if you want to draw a line, you have to click the
>    first point on the line; hold shift; and then click the second point. 
> 
>    Once all of that is set up, gimp is really nice for editing pixel images,
>    and it can scale up and do fancy things like filters and layers too, which
>    sometimes comes in handy!

I concur. I often use the Gimp for pixel art for games-- although I have 
always found the lack of keyboard-based palette navigation to be a 
weakness. This is hopefully going to be fixed in a future release, see: 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130123

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James Paige