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2D All the way! / Best format for sprites ?

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Graiskye
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 08:42 Edited at: 8th Aug 2006 08:53
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Like the title says I was trying to determine what the best type of media is to use ? Taking into consideration transparency of course.
Id there benifits to a certain type, or drawbacks. As always any thoughts appreciated. One last question,will DBP handle .ico files ?
edit: I should probably mention I'm thinking along the lines of psedou-3D Baldurs Gate,Diablo ,eventually of course. Where you would be working over a background image with an animated sprite.
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Jack LOL
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 10:06
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i use *.bmp cuz of the bmp format is exactly the way u draw it in paint or whatever it wont be.. and then when u do the image colorkey command there wont be left any pixels whith other colors on the edges of the sprite(like *.jpg does).
u can use icons for the exe icon, but i dont know if u can use em for the game media either.
hope i helped

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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 12:24
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spooky
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 16:01
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PNG all the way. Use a half-decent paint package that supports transparency layers. PNG files with alpha transparency will allow you 256 levels of transparency, so some bits of sprite can be fully transparent, some can be solid, some can be partially transparent giving a cool translusent effect.

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Van B
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 17:55
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Yeah PNG allows things like smooth edges, drop shadows etc - and they're lossless compressed so they take up less space too.

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Graiskye
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 21:19
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Thanks everyone. No offense to .bmps but it looks like .png gets it.
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Scraggle
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Posted: 8th Aug 2006 21:31
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I think it is a safe bet that .BMP files won't be offended

And yes, .PNG files are the best option for all the reasons mentioned.


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Posted: 19th Sep 2006 17:57 Edited at: 19th Sep 2006 17:59
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I've been using bmps since I laid my hand on mouse and keyboard and I must say, sprites also work very good with them, honestly. As for *.png, I've never really used them, but they sound quite compatible.
But I won't be botherin' such a fluffy little question as this one. Bmps are perfectly OK.

edit P.S.: And yeah, I hate *.jpg too.

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