A beginner's guide to paint.
Posted: Apr 05, 2008 7:05 pm
This tutorial was created by Nathris, for the tibia.de graphics forum. You can find the original here: link
Paint. Everyone has it, everyone hates it(well mostly, there are a few who like to use it). Hopefully after reading this you will be armed and ready to make graphics that don't receive immediate, stop using paint! comments.
I'm not going to teach you how to make a particular item, I am going to give you the skills to make any item you wish. Starting with the basics.
1.) Attributes
The first thing anyone will notice about any graphic is the size. Standard Dristin graphics sizes are 32 x 32 pixels and 64 x 64 pixels, also exceptions can be made as long as the size is a multiple of 32 (e.g., 96, 128).
The best way to change the size of your canvas is by going Image > Attributes... (Shortcut Ctrl-E). From there you simple put in the width and height dimensions and click OK.
2.) Magnification
Most graphics artists don't squint at the screen, they zoom in using the magnification tool. In Paint there are 4 levels of magnification, 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x. However if you have the patience you can achieve 10x by clicking just underneath 8x on the toolbar. I recommend using 8 or 10 times magnification for graphics.
3.) Drawing
While this seems obvious all I still wish to point out that you should be using the paint brush, with the 1x1px(smallest) brush selected. Simply left click to draw the foreground color and right click to draw the background color.
4.) Color Palette
Again this seems obvious, I am merely pointing out a few things that users may not know. To change the foreground color left click on one of the colored boxes, to change the background color right click on one of the colored boxes, there is one more color you can have and you can use it by pressing control while drawing.
5.) Edit colors.
Thankfully Paint isn't limited to 28 colors. To open the color dialog double click one of the color boxes. See below pic for more explanation of the color dialog.
Paint. Everyone has it, everyone hates it(well mostly, there are a few who like to use it). Hopefully after reading this you will be armed and ready to make graphics that don't receive immediate, stop using paint! comments.
I'm not going to teach you how to make a particular item, I am going to give you the skills to make any item you wish. Starting with the basics.
1.) Attributes
The first thing anyone will notice about any graphic is the size. Standard Dristin graphics sizes are 32 x 32 pixels and 64 x 64 pixels, also exceptions can be made as long as the size is a multiple of 32 (e.g., 96, 128).
The best way to change the size of your canvas is by going Image > Attributes... (Shortcut Ctrl-E). From there you simple put in the width and height dimensions and click OK.
2.) Magnification
Most graphics artists don't squint at the screen, they zoom in using the magnification tool. In Paint there are 4 levels of magnification, 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x. However if you have the patience you can achieve 10x by clicking just underneath 8x on the toolbar. I recommend using 8 or 10 times magnification for graphics.
3.) Drawing
While this seems obvious all I still wish to point out that you should be using the paint brush, with the 1x1px(smallest) brush selected. Simply left click to draw the foreground color and right click to draw the background color.
4.) Color Palette
Again this seems obvious, I am merely pointing out a few things that users may not know. To change the foreground color left click on one of the colored boxes, to change the background color right click on one of the colored boxes, there is one more color you can have and you can use it by pressing control while drawing.
5.) Edit colors.
Thankfully Paint isn't limited to 28 colors. To open the color dialog double click one of the color boxes. See below pic for more explanation of the color dialog.
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