#6972 - djei-dot - Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:15 pm
Hi!
Do you know of a good graphic program to draw sprites? Especially one that would let me see how the sprite animates while I draw it, and that could export to GBA code. And windows-based, if that's not asking too much...
J.
#6974 - Master Mofo - Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:57 pm
As an Editor try Paint Shop Pro. it also has an animation editor (Animation shop).
I use PcxToSprite for sprite conversions. Or write your own Convertor instead.
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#7027 - djei-dot - Fri Jun 06, 2003 12:31 pm
I already use PSP, but I have to copy all frames between PSP and Animation Shop just to see the animation (and besides it's just to see it, because I don't want to make any animated GIF). I was looking for a simpler tool, just to draw some pixels in.
#7032 - niltsair - Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:08 pm
Haven't tried this aspect of the soft, but TileStudio support animation frames for tiles. http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/. Give it a try. You'll have to create your own export file to get the data as you want. But this means you can have it exactly as you want. The soft isn't a real drawing program though, it's more of a tile/maps editor, with basic drawing support.
#7035 - djei-dot - Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:27 pm
Thanks, Tile Studio was exactly what I wanted.
#7198 - mondomation - Thu Jun 12, 2003 2:02 am
Pro Motion is a great program. I have used it already on 3 published games for the GBA....It works great...check it out. Hi everybody, this is my first post! Here is the website. You might have to dig around the site to find it....Heck they might have stoped makin it..Its been around for a little while...If you don't find it sorry, It was there about 4 months ago..
www.cosmigo.com
Soto
#7256 - djei-dot - Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:53 am
I had a look at ProMotion, seems powerful enough for all my needs. Seems like it can export files in GBA(C/C++) format, is that true?
The link is http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion, by the way.
#7265 - NovusAmor - Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:41 pm
No it can't export to C/C++ GBA format (source code). It however does allow you to set your color bit-depth. Thus you can make all your palettes use only 5 bits per color (GBA color format) so you can see what it should look like on the GBA. It also has a bunch of other very useful functions like setting up grid locking so you can create images using tiles (8x8 blocks), creating animations, ect.
I would highly suggest getting Pro-motion if you're serious about making graphics for the GBA. I think it's pretty cheap, plus there's also a trial version if I remember correctly.
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