Offsetting tiles from the grid

[Abish]

I've bought the Modern Day Resource Pack and I'm trying to recreate something done in the top left image from the product's page (shown below), where the laptop sits in the middle of the table in the bottom right corner of the screen.  I can't get this to work in RPG Maker because the table takes up four tiles and the computer can only take up one of those.  In the screenshot though, the computer is sitting in the middle of the four tiles.  How do I recreate this effect?

 

[Rasphere]

Try shift clicking technique? If that don't work than that image was done via a map making technique called parallax mapping (sp?) Which would require some research and practice to get down.

 

[ct_bolt]

If that don't work than that image was done via a map making technique called parallax mapping (sp?) Which would require some research and practice to get down.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that image was made by parallax mapping (or even just purely made with some other image making software)...

Parallax Mapping Tutorial: Click Here to View

...please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Celianna]

Lunarea used another program (Photoshop) other than RPG Maker to make the maps. It's a technique called parallax mapping. Remember that screenshots to show off the tiles will always look better and prettier than the ones you can actually achieve if you stick to standard tile-mapping. Of course, you can achieve the same thing if you use another program to assemble the map together.

 

[Abish]

Thanks for the answers.  I guess I'll have to learn some parallax mapping to get the effect I'm looking for.

 

[Andar]

Thanks for the answers.  I guess I'll have to learn some parallax mapping to get the effect I'm looking for.

Or you can use this script to move an event with the computer tile off the grid:

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/1283-event-position-fine-tuning/

 

[Celianna]

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