Creating sprites

[StoneLegendEntertainment]

Hello,

I don't know if this is the right topic to ask this if it isn't sorry, I didn't find the right one.

I wanted to ask, how can I create sprites and/or tilesets?

Which program do I use? Photoshop? Gimp? or there is a specific one to this?

 

[Mevo]

I Use Gimp for EDITING Sprites!

 

[Andar]

Any art program might be used - GIMP and Photoshop are two options, but there are others...

 

[StoneLegendEntertainment]

Okay, what are the dimensions of the tilesets or character/enemies or monster sprites?

 

[Froyor]

I was just reading over this tutorial. Should have everything you need to know for tilesets! Hope it helps from one nub to another :3

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/3415-guide-to-simple-tileset-edits-rearranging-clumping-and-recoloring/

 

[StoneLegendEntertainment]

@Froyor it helps somehow but creating from scratch is kinda what I am looking for.

 

[Shaz]

Lunarea has a tutorial series on the RMWeb Blog.


Also look at the help file that comes with the editor (F1) - it goes into detail about the size and placement of tiles.

 

[Andar]

Okay, what are the dimensions of the tilesets or character/enemies or monster sprites?

There are no fixed dimensions - the engine can display sprites at any size (look at the original monster sprite as an example, or compare the RTP with the High-Fantasy-Packs on the shop.
The key is that the sprite-size is determined from the total size of the spritesheet, with $ thrown in as a switch between single-sprite-sheets (with $) and eight-sprite-sheets (without $) - compare the names of the original sprites with the structure of the sprites to see the difference.


For making a single sprite, simply select the spritesize you want to have (basic grid is 32x32), then multiply this size by 3 for X and 4 for Y to get the total dimension of the spritesheet you need. Save that with a $ beginning the filename.

 

[StoneLegendEntertainment]

Thank you all.

 

[Shaz]

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