Here is my Particle Maker program, rewritten and polished for customization. Just type in the image resolution and color and it makes a particle.
REM Project: ParticleMaker
REM Created: 12/20/2007 7:36:07 PM
REM
REM ***** Main Source File *****
REM
local spixels as string
local sred as string
local sgreen as string
local sblue as string
local pixels as integer
local red as byte
local green as byte
local blue as byte
local alpha as float
local x as dword
local y as dword
local pos as dword
print "Particle Maker"
print "by Code Dragon"
print
input "How many pixels wide and tall? ", spixels
input "How much red? (0 - 255) ", sred
input "How much green? (0 - 255) ", sgreen
input "How much blue? (0 - 255) ", sblue
print
print "Working..."
wait 1
pixels = val(spixels)
if pixels < 1 then pixels = 1
red = val(sred)
green = val(sgreen)
blue = val(sblue)
make memblock 1, 15 + (4 * pixels^2)
write memblock dword 1, 0, pixels
write memblock dword 1, 4, pixels
write memblock dword 1, 8, 32
pos = 12
for y = 1 to pixels
for x = 1 to pixels
write memblock dword 1, pos, blue
write memblock dword 1, pos+1, green
write memblock dword 1, pos+2, red
alpha = sqrt((x*1.0 - pixels/2.0)^2 + (y*1.0 - pixels/2.0)^2)
alpha = alpha / pixels*1.0
alpha = alpha * 2
alpha = 255 - int(alpha * 255)
if alpha > 255 then alpha = 255
if alpha < 0 then alpha = 0
write memblock dword 1, pos+3, alpha
inc pos, 4
next x
next y
make image from memblock 1, 1
if file exist("ParticleImg.png") then delete file "ParticleImg.png"
save image "ParticleImg.png", 1
print "Done"
print
print "Launching the folder the particle image is saved in so you can grab it."
print "It is called ParticleImg.png"
print
print "PLEASE ALLOW THROUGH YOUR FIREWALL"
print "Press any key to continue"
wait key
execute file get dir$(), "", ""
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