JM Stuff Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hi all following some advices from some guys on the forum (see my recently post), i come back with some news Icons but also with (one) difficulty that i hope to result with your help ! for exemple : Difficulty is the edges, from the round form that i can not let transparent (paint net) ! this is why I did it in two version More understanding in my opinion and not tooooo much infos ! ...Waiting to yours comments critics and recommandations ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yes, you cannot use paint .net to edit the BMP files. It does not know the incantations for the correct variant of the arcane file format:-) I can never remember the name of the editor I use. I'll have to check when I get back to my computer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Nice to see you IanL thank to this info when I know this I have had not so a headache now tell me later your opinion a case I can send all package 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I found this post a while back: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yes bmp files are not really practical cos we can not using transparence and also they are big size dont understand why games dont use jpg or png files but I dont have enough knoledge in this part...yours Icons transparent looking very good, you did probably with photoshop, I dont see another programe for the time...to be continued... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 You absolutely can do transparency in the BMP format but only some apps can write the correct format (and still others might default to the wrong one but you can change the settings). No I did not use Photoshop for those icons. Games use the BMP format because it is a bit map which means you can read it into memory and you are done - OK slight simplification - whereas jpg needs translation and interpretation to reconstitute the image. Bottom line using more storage space but less CPU requirements makes since for a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thank You to this infos...You mean changing the setting in Paint net ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 A few versions ago I looked at getting Paint.Net to save BMPs in the needed format and failed. I even found a plug-in that was supposed to help but it did not. I concluded that Paint.Net could not do it so I am using Greenfish Icon editor instead. Or was it Art weaver. I forget :-) but it is in that link I posted a few posts ago. If a newer version of Paint.Net works that would be great but I have not looked in a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thank you very much for this added infos i run to the net to see Greenfish Icon editor and Art weave dont worry and merci du tuyau (i guess you talk french) ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Transparency in BMP files and Combat mission is a nightmare! The correct format must be 32-bit RGBA. Must programs can add an alpha channel to a BMP, but save the file in a bit field format. This isn't accepted by CM. The only program that I have found with reliable result is ImageMagic. But it's nearly a pure command line tool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 ...and that's why there's a brain in a jar... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 12 hours ago, c3k said: ...and that's why there's a brain in a jar... Hey ! funny birds instead stay in your jar give me the solution,,, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 17 hours ago, Scipio said: Transparency in BMP files and Combat mission is a nightmare! The correct format must be 32-bit RGBA. Must programs can add an alpha channel to a BMP, but save the file in a bit field format. This isn't accepted by CM. The only program that I have found with reliable result is ImageMagic. But it's nearly a pure command line tool. Hi friend have loading ImageMagic but like you said is really basic have perhaps a solution with Photofilter 7 have to make some test and tell you the result... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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