Sprite Software

[neilhavkin]

Hay thar,

I was just wondering what some solid sprite-creation softwares are. I'm thinking of making some sprites in Pivot and I need a good piece of software. I'd rather not use something that edits pixels individually, I'd like something with a "line" tool.

MS Paint is out of the question, the line tool on there pisses me the hell off. Adobe Illustrator looks nice. Worth it?

Thanks!

- Neil-uru

[qbeef]

http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

Best pixel art/animation software out there

[neilhavkin]

http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

Best pixel art/animation software out there

It looks great and I'll most definitely use it for my game design, however for Pivot I'm looking for something that isn't pixel-art. I've just got Adobe Illustrator CS6, so I'll get to know it a bit better and then use it for making my sprites.

If anyone has any experience using Illustrator for making sprites I'd really appreciate some input.

[qbeef]

Illustrator is vector-based and won't do much for bitmap sprites. Graphics gale also supports image importing and pixel editing. An alternative is Photoshop, Paint.NET, or gimp,

[neilhavkin]

Illustrator is vector-based and won't do much for bitmap sprites. Graphics gale also supports image importing and pixel editing. An alternative is Photoshop, Paint.NET, or gimp,

I have Gimp but it doesn't work, tried reinstalling multiple times, still doesn't work.

I'll figure out a software.

You seem like you know image editing software. In Paint (which I would use) when you draw a line, these knobs pop up on the end of the line so you can adjust the lines after drawing them. This becomes annoying. Is there any way I can disable this?

[Mitch]

Disable paint.

[Anton]

As brutel said, i recommend Paint.net if gimp isn't working.

Graphics gale is made for doing mostly Pixel Art.

[qbeef]

Illustrator is vector-based and won't do much for bitmap sprites. Graphics gale also supports image importing and pixel editing. An alternative is Photoshop, Paint.NET, or gimp,

I have Gimp but it doesn't work, tried reinstalling multiple times, still doesn't work.

I'll figure out a software.

You seem like you know image editing software. In Paint (which I would use) when you draw a line, these knobs pop up on the end of the line so you can adjust the lines after drawing them. This becomes annoying. Is there any way I can disable this?

You're limiting yourself by using Paint. It does pixel-art well, and that's about it. Paint.NET and Photoshop are your best bets.

[Waffles Mgee]

Paint.net is my homie, yo. But I'm not one for sprites in pivot if you're wanting to make a weapon or something, I'd prefer using the stick maker for those kinds of things.

[Lord]

I use MS paint, mostly because I need a newer computer to get paint.net. :(
GIMP is complicated though.

[Bullzeye]

i love making things in gimp but as u may see its in my school
i use paint at home for sprites making and editing
its very good if u dont mind much about the pixel portion
another option is ps which i have used in my tuition

[Caleb]

If you have access to Adobe software, just use Flash or Photoshop instead of Illustrator. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this.

[Bullzeye]

even luna is using paint

[qbeef]

If you have access to Adobe software, just use Flash or Photoshop instead of Illustrator. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this.

Illustrator is vector-based and won't do much for bitmap sprites. Graphics gale also supports image importing and pixel editing. An alternative is Photoshop, Paint.NET, or gimp,