THAT FREE ART PACKAGE!!!

[Railslave]

Hi, can anybody remember the name of the free art package that came with Amstrad action (UK) ?


I remember staying up late at night (still in my school uniform) doing photo real stills from terminator
(at least i thought they were)

[tastefulmrship]

Do you mean GPAINT?
(Attached as a .cdt because I can't be arsed .dsk-ing all the AA covertapes.)

[Railslave]

Thanks, i cant remember the tape command in caprice any idea lol..


recently ive been doing these in the Amstrad color spec...






Ill be very happy to move all graphics dev over to gpaint if its the one

[MacDeath]

Nice... could somewhat be displayed on a CPC provided you use 1x2 pixels in Mode0 (like a magnification) in order to respect the 1:1 pixel ratio.


Are those limited to 16 colours max ?
wait what ? JPG


Never never never never never never never never never never never ever use this shitfest of JPG format for any pixel Art... never !!!!!!!!!

Now you picture has something like 21921 colours... WTF ?

switch to PNG, BMP or even GIF...
JPG is a no no nope concerning real pixel art.


Also reconsider the picture's size when posting it here...
[attachimg=1]

[TFM]

GPaint? Better take this...


(Start file "-ENPAINT")

[AMSDOS]

Nice Colourful Graphics, they would work nicely in a sequel to "N.O.M.A.D"

[Railslave]

GPaint? Better take this...


(Start file "-ENPAINT")

Thanks so much  

[Railslave]

Nice Colourful Graphics, they would work nicely in a sequel to "N.O.M.A.D"

Wow how do we even have retinas left i love it

[TFM]

Thanks so much

Your graphics are excellent. Some of the best I've ever seen. If you would turn them 90 degrees, the MODE 0 on CPC would be the best choice.

Are you planning to do a game with them? I could imagine a great horizontal space shooter with them.


If you have any questions about GPaint or transferring gfx let me know.

[MacDeath]

Those spaceships are huge indeed...
Also they use a very lot of colours.

but yeah, nothing not fixable.

On the picture I posted I tried to fix it...
still indicates something like 20 colours.
Some gradiants would have to be "merged".


there...[attachimg=1]

[Railslave]

Your graphics are excellent. Some of the best I've ever seen. If you would turn them 90 degrees, the MODE 0 on CPC would be the best choice.

Are you planning to do a game with them? I could imagine a great horizontal space shooter with them.


If you have any questions about GPaint or transferring gfx let me know.

Thanks, best ever ? hmm not sure about that , and yeah they are being used on a game, something like starflight crossed with turrican (in java and only restricted to colors)


here they are indivudualy
and png

[TFM]

Hey what's about a CPC version of the game?

[MacDeath]

those sprites are huge, CPC wise... could do great bosses though.


Also they really use a lot of colours IMO.


The palette is chosen like a CGA/EGA palette of sort.

[Railslave]

Hey what's about a CPC version of the game?

Ill pm you , thats pretty much a dream of mine !!! basically 


More so a Cpc version of this game of mine [size=78%]http://www.desura.com/games/nppd-rush-the-milk-of-ultra-violet[/size]


I have plenty of madcap ideas

[Railslave]

those sprites are huge, CPC wise... could do great bosses though. [/size] Also they really use a lot of colours IMO.The palette is chosen like a CGA/EGA palette of sort.

Thanks im not very technical im afraid , just felt i needed to bow my knee before the almighty CPC palette
was there a color limitation for sprites  ?

[TotO]

There is no color limitation, but... pixels limitations.
I don't understand how nobody saw that your gfx are not wide pixels.
You can't display that on a CPC ; It's not an Atari ST.

[Railslave]

There is no color limitation, but... pixels limitations.
I don't understand how nobody saw that your gfx are not wide pixels.
You can't display that on a CPC ; It's not an Atari ST.

wasn't made for an Amstrad, just the colors :|

[TotO]

So, what is the goal if that not look CPC ? 

[MacDeath]

There is no color limitation, but... pixels limitations.I don't understand how nobody saw that your gfx are not wide pixels.

Both and none... lol...

= Colours : 16 max on the screen. stick to even 15 as a mask may use another colour.

=Pixels : yeah the pixels are suposed to be 1:2 ratio (the conversion I did accounts for it)... but square pixels in 16 colours can be achieved by doubling vertically (sort of magnifying)... it does big square pixels like 2x2 Mode1 pixels...

So your graphics can somewhat actually be displayed on a CPC.


Please TotO, be kind with newcomers...

[TotO]

I try to see if it's possible to get a negative respect counter. 

[MacDeath]

Lol, just tell Gryzor his Feta is not fresh...
He may go full Spartan on you and give you a -1 respect counter.

[TFM]

I don't understand how nobody saw that your gfx are not wide pixels.

I saw that of course, therefore I suggested to turn the GFX by 90 degrees. That way they would fit perfectly for MODE 0.

[Railslave]

Turns out that Gpaint is not the same art package that came with the Amstrad action :| any lists of the cover tapes ?

[Gryzor]

Lol, just tell Gryzor his Feta is not fresh...

My feta is always fresh, straight out the barrel.

[MacDeath]

My feta is always fresh, straight out the barrel.

smegma.jpg







Perfect to toss with a greek salad...


lol sorry... couldn't resist.