12 replies to this topic

[Anderson333]

i've gotsome great link tiles but there too big!!! I need some one to help me make them fit in to Zquest...ive tried to do it but i just can't seem to get them right...any help would be great.

[Aaron]

Umm... is there anyway you can show us those link tiles ? Without them, I can only give you little bit of advice . Here goes... using paint, I would trie to shrink it to 16x16... I am assuming that link is very fat . Then, take him into ZQuest and edit him there . Sorry I couldn't help anymore but those link tiles are not here .

[prince vaati]

send me a copy of them through Via email

[Comix]

Try to shrink them down somehow... its not that hard to do.

[Aaron]

Try to shrink them down somehow... its not that hard to do.

Yes, it is.

He sent me these tiles, and they are pretty large. I think they were larger than the sprite from Link To The Past. For these kind of tiles, the best thing to do in your case, Anderson, is to edit a Link sprite that you are already using to match yours more . Good luck to you .

[TheManHimself]

Right I just sent you a PM cause most people don't check there boards often, I have to get off soon so...

[Comix]

But you can just take the sprites and copy them into let's say paint for example. You just shrink it down.

I could do it in a couple of minutes, it isn't that hard.

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Comix

[Aaron]

But you can just take the sprites and copy them into let's say paint for example.  You just shrink it down.

I could do it in a couple of minutes, it isn't that hard.

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Comix

First of all, when you shrink anything in paint, there is a line around the sprite so that it blends in better with the backround. That's called anti-alising (I may have spelled it wrong, though ). Also, well, I'll just use examples :

For my little example, I made a simple red ball. You might be thinking "Daim... that's a pretty sweet ball... it's round.." Ok. </End of The World>

Here it is, 24x24:



Here, I shrunk it to 16x16. As you can see, there are stray pixels that are use to help it blend in with the magenta backround:



Of course, it would be easy to clean it up and MAKE it work, but that's just because it's a simple ball. It would be much hard with a more complicated sprite, like Link or any other person.

Sorry to come totally off topic, I just had to make that clear :\.

[Shoelace]

I agree it is very hard to shrink the tiles (on zquest because of the limitations). The reason is that when you do so, it loses detail. And in a 16 by 16 tile space it is hard to keep the detail. However, if you do a little bit of editing on your Link after the tile shrink then it may work out, however, sometimes, it won't. Hopefully, it comes out great for you.

Edited by Shoelace, 18 June 2005 - 04:54 AM.

[Comix]

Yeah, I guess it would be hard in a program like Paint, but if you had Photoshop 7 it would be easy.

I guess paint just isn't complicated enough.

Comix


P.S. Is it possible to make tiles in like Photoshop or paint and put them in ZC?

[nicklegends]

P.S.  Is it possible to make tiles in like Photoshop or paint and put them in ZC?

Can Photoshop save files as .GIF? If so, then yes. I don't have Photoshop though. :\ Paint works too, as long as you're using 16 colors.

[Comix]

Of course Photoshopt can save .Gif! Photoshop is like the best drawing program out there!

I only have photoshop 7 though, not CS

Comix

[Anthus]

I have buisness edition... anyway, yeah you could, but since photo shop makes things as simple as a black line gradiant, I wouldn't recommend using photoshoped images becuase of the color usage. Stick with paint for now.