Okay, so you want to make comix? - Page 4 - VGF

DarthButcher · 07-25-2004, 08:38 PM

If you use certain sprites I.e. GBA sprites, you can only save as BMP. Certain sprites= Certain Formats.

Where is the idiot running to? Why to Nintendo Mania of course. Just follow him for the time of your life.

Ike · 07-25-2004, 08:47 PM

Okay, then how do I upload a Bitmap image onto the internet?

OcarinaMan · 07-26-2004, 05:47 PM

If possible, save as a *.png over a *.bmp. It's smaller and doesn't interfere with the color scheme.

Ike · 07-27-2004, 11:09 AM

^I don't really understand what your saying.

Introbulus · 07-28-2004, 01:50 PM

I'll answer that. What you do is select "Save as", then look below where you put in your file name. It should say something about "bitmap". It's a scroll-down menu, so click on it and select "GIF" (Graphics Interchange Format). If that doesn't work, it could be something with your computer.

Sim Kid · 07-28-2004, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dark Samus:
If you use certain sprites I.e. GBA sprites, you can only save as BMP. Certain sprites= Certain Formats.

If you can only save them as BMPs, how come my computer lets me save them in any format I want? That's in Paint Shop Pro, but I haven't been getting any distortion when I try to save them as PNGs or GIFs. (In paint shop pro 7 that is)

And if your computer doesn't let you save GBA sprites as a format other than BMPs, DO NOT USE GBA SPRITES UNLESS YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY!! Ever wonder why L007's Chao Adventure comics took the entire mesozoic Era to load? He saved those things as bmps before I told him to change them, AND LOOK AT HOW BIG THE CHAO ADVENTURES COMICS ARE!!! (I think bmps only work when the file-size is REALLY small, because I accidentially saved my Rictor's Mugshot avatar I had in like January as a bmp and it loaded as fast as it would with a PNG.)

In other words, AVOID BMPS AT ALL COSTS!! Their filesize is bigger than Psyguy's Ego (Yes I know nothing can really be anywhere NEAR that big. It's a joke simile like the "You're as stuck up as Veronica lodge" thing I said earlier), and even if it's no bigger than Chao Adventures, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!! It still took forever for Chao Adventures to load, and making it bigger is just making it worse.

Plus, I'm gonna make a special about what NOT to do with a comic, more or less an updated version of my ancient-experiment to make the worst comic better (The experiment can be found here.), and in the follow-up, I left out a few things (A bunch of which were mentioned in this topic, so you WILL recieve credit).

**L007 is Undecided** · 07-28-2004, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Digi:
Ever wonder why L007's Chao Adventure comics took the entire mesozoic Era to load? He saved those things as bmps before I told him to change them, AND LOOK AT HOW BIG THE CHAO ADVENTURES COMICS ARE!!!

**Stares at Doug with a pissed off look** WHY MUST YOU KEEP USING MY COMICS AS EXAMPLES? I just now got what is needed! Thing for .png, and for .gif. ARGGH.

Anyways...

I'm for that new "Crappy comic" thing.

Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now!

Sim Kid · 07-29-2004, 03:18 PM

^You're the only one who saved them as bmps, and look at that how big they are. I've seen other bmps on the web, but they were bigger than Chao Adventures and took even LONGER to load.

Codiekitty · 07-29-2004, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Digi:
Ever wonder why L007's Chao Adventure comics took the entire mesozoic Era to load?

Quit stealing my lines.

As for the Worst Comic Ever Douglas posted... that was actually a helluva funnier than anything Mr. Woofums made.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

[ July 29, 2004, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

Sim Kid · 07-30-2004, 02:34 AM

^Apart from the Precambian Era, that was the only time period I could think of that would fit how long it took for Chao Adventures to load.

And CK, do you still use the Meowkie sprites or do you use those lomax-looking sprite as yourself? I'm adding you in the special because I really owe you (Animation shop 3, transparancies, etc).

[ July 30, 2004, 02:37 AM: Message edited by: Digi ]

Alink - VCR Man. VCR. · 07-30-2004, 03:49 AM

I helped too! ... a little...

Codiekitty · 07-30-2004, 01:27 PM

What are you talking about? That lemming knight is Lomax. I'm not Lomax. Lomax is his own self. I'm the blue Meowkie.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Sim Kid · 07-30-2004, 05:19 PM

In Joe Hatter's sprite thread, you posted the Lomax sprites, which sorta created confusion because in Adventures of Lemmy, you use that sprite as Lomax.

Codiekitty · 07-31-2004, 01:01 PM

...oh, those topics were for posting pictures of you? I thought you could post any sprite you made...

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Ike · 07-31-2004, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Introbulus:
I'll answer that. What you do is select "Save as", then look below where you put in your file name. It should say something about "bitmap". It's a scroll-down menu, so click on it and select "GIF" (Graphics Interchange Format). If that doesn't work, it could be something with your computer.

I hate my computer...

Sim Kid · 08-08-2004, 12:27 AM

Okay, I'm back from Michigan, so now I'll get to work on that "What not to do when making a comic" special.

Sim Kid · 08-13-2004, 11:09 PM

Okay, here it is:

http://img26.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img26&image=Image50.gif

Sorry for the file-size and if some of the text may be hard to read. (My monitor may be on a darker setting)

Credit to everyone here who helped on this special, and credit to LVK for the spray-paint tool example, and credit to Sean Kelly for Luigi007's sprites.

And it's your own fault for not liking Invader Zim that Daniel went crazy on you Luigi007. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And about my previous screws, Brent was on the team but he's on Hiatus for acting noobirific about STC's fanscrew contest, and Daklon, Brent's replacement, is recuperating in the hospital because Uziel's hair attacked him in the last screw.

**L007 is Undecided** · 08-13-2004, 11:27 PM

Bah. Bah, I say to you!

At least I got a good part. AND I SPOKE THE TRUT- **Is stabbed by Daniel again** x_x

Oh, and Doug, JPEG Optimizer is Freeware, and had a 30 Day trial. Pixia is about the same, except it's completly free and forever free. So jpeg there also has a quality bar so it can look good, but prevents stealing sprites, still.

If I weren't so damn lazy, I'd go find the clapping graemlin I found in the VGFCodes forum.

Aw, what the hell.

Tell me when there's another screw coming up!

Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now!

[ August 13, 2004, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: The one and only Miles ]

ludwigvan · 08-13-2004, 11:31 PM

aw man, I woulda preferred you use one of the flamejet examples. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

* ahem * about the fighting in comics things, that's not entirely true. I could show you a few if I scrounged them up. PM me or IM me, and I'll show you some of my comics, which are quite centered around fighting. I'd show them here, but, uh, Jay would have my arse for it. And yes, it's a serious comic.

[ August 13, 2004, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: LvK ]

Sim Kid · 08-14-2004, 01:46 PM

I was trying to keep the file-size down, and for some reason, it kept blacking out the white when I tried to do that (Even when it wasn't on Transparancy selection).

And about fighting, well, ending them in super-cheap ways is what's bad. Dragging on fighting so it's like DBZ or Yu Yu Hakusho (In which most of it's just explaining what the attacks do) is what's bad. Daniel meant to say that but he probably never got around to saying that.

Also, the reason I didn't mention that blood rule is because
a) Blood is funny and
b) it counts under "poorly done violence". Like if you use the spray-paint tool for it like Mr. Sickums did.

07-25-2004, 08:38 PM	#61
DarthButcher Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Arizona Gender: Posts: 2,518 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 32,266.96 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 32,776.96 Donate	If you use certain sprites I.e. GBA sprites, you can only save as BMP. Certain sprites= Certain Formats. Where is the idiot running to? Why to Nintendo Mania of course. Just follow him for the time of your life.

07-25-2004, 08:47 PM	#62
Ike Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I don't know. Where do I live? Gender: Posts: 5,633 Thanks: 7 Thanked 153 Times in 109 Posts Points: 6,210.44 Bank: 181,693.55 Total Points: 187,903.99 Donate	Okay, then how do I upload a Bitmap image onto the internet?

07-26-2004, 05:47 PM	#63
OcarinaMan Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ikana Castle Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Points: 7,824.77 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 8,324.77 Donate	If possible, save as a .png over a .bmp. It's smaller and doesn't interfere with the color scheme.

07-27-2004, 11:09 AM	#64
Ike Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I don't know. Where do I live? Gender: Posts: 5,633 Thanks: 7 Thanked 153 Times in 109 Posts Points: 6,210.44 Bank: 181,693.55 Total Points: 187,903.99 Donate	^I don't really understand what your saying.

07-28-2004, 01:50 PM	#65
Introbulus Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Time, Space Posts: 4,159 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 9 Posts Points: 4,465.70 Bank: 1,217.40 Total Points: 5,683.10 Donate	I'll answer that. What you do is select "Save as", then look below where you put in your file name. It should say something about "bitmap". It's a scroll-down menu, so click on it and select "GIF" (Graphics Interchange Format). If that doesn't work, it could be something with your computer.

07-29-2004, 03:18 PM	#68
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	^You're the only one who saved them as bmps, and look at that how big they are. I've seen other bmps on the web, but they were bigger than Chao Adventures and took even LONGER to load.

07-30-2004, 02:34 AM	#70
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	^Apart from the Precambian Era, that was the only time period I could think of that would fit how long it took for Chao Adventures to load. And CK, do you still use the Meowkie sprites or do you use those lomax-looking sprite as yourself? I'm adding you in the special because I really owe you (Animation shop 3, transparancies, etc). [ July 30, 2004, 02:37 AM: Message edited by: Digi ]

07-30-2004, 03:49 AM	#71
Alink - VCR Man. VCR. Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Behind The Wall Of Sleep. Gender: Posts: 768 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 4,629.99 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 4,629.99 Donate	I helped too! ... a little...

07-30-2004, 01:27 PM	#72
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 173 Times in 119 Posts Points: 43,500.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,064,951.46 Donate	What are you talking about? That lemming knight is Lomax. I'm not Lomax. Lomax is his own self. I'm the blue Meowkie. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

07-30-2004, 05:19 PM	#73
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	In Joe Hatter's sprite thread, you posted the Lomax sprites, which sorta created confusion because in Adventures of Lemmy, you use that sprite as Lomax.

07-31-2004, 01:01 PM	#74
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 173 Times in 119 Posts Points: 43,500.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,064,951.46 Donate	...oh, those topics were for posting pictures of you? I thought you could post any sprite you made... Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

08-08-2004, 12:27 AM	#76
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	Okay, I'm back from Michigan, so now I'll get to work on that "What not to do when making a comic" special.

08-13-2004, 11:09 PM	#77
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	Okay, here it is: http://img26.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img26&image=Image50.gif Sorry for the file-size and if some of the text may be hard to read. (My monitor may be on a darker setting) Credit to everyone here who helped on this special, and credit to LVK for the spray-paint tool example, and credit to Sean Kelly for Luigi007's sprites. And it's your own fault for not liking Invader Zim that Daniel went crazy on you Luigi007. [img]tongue.gif[/img] And about my previous screws, Brent was on the team but he's on Hiatus for acting noobirific about STC's fanscrew contest, and Daklon, Brent's replacement, is recuperating in the hospital because Uziel's hair attacked him in the last screw.

08-13-2004, 11:27 PM	#78
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,153.54 Bank: 15,959.16 Total Points: 18,112.70 Donate	Bah. Bah, I say to you! At least I got a good part. AND I SPOKE THE TRUT- Is stabbed by Daniel again x_x Oh, and Doug, JPEG Optimizer is Freeware, and had a 30 Day trial. Pixia is about the same, except it's completly free and forever free. So jpeg there also has a quality bar so it can look good, but prevents stealing sprites, still. If I weren't so damn lazy, I'd go find the clapping graemlin I found in the VGFCodes forum. Aw, what the hell. Tell me when there's another screw coming up! Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now! [ August 13, 2004, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: The one and only Miles ]

08-13-2004, 11:31 PM	#79
ludwigvan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The well of wishes. Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 10,540.44 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,040.44 Donate	aw man, I woulda preferred you use one of the flamejet examples. [img]tongue.gif[/img] * ahem * about the fighting in comics things, that's not entirely true. I could show you a few if I scrounged them up. PM me or IM me, and I'll show you some of my comics, which are quite centered around fighting. I'd show them here, but, uh, Jay would have my arse for it. And yes, it's a serious comic. [ August 13, 2004, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: LvK ]

08-14-2004, 01:46 PM	#80
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,788.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,288.04 Donate	I was trying to keep the file-size down, and for some reason, it kept blacking out the white when I tried to do that (Even when it wasn't on Transparancy selection). And about fighting, well, ending them in super-cheap ways is what's bad. Dragging on fighting so it's like DBZ or Yu Yu Hakusho (In which most of it's just explaining what the attacks do) is what's bad. Daniel meant to say that but he probably never got around to saying that. Also, the reason I didn't mention that blood rule is because a) Blood is funny and b) it counts under "poorly done violence". Like if you use the spray-paint tool for it like Mr. Sickums did.