Edit sprites with glow

[Junior Nintendista]

Well, I need a program to edit this sprite as the game maker is not good, recommend me a program.

example:

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Game Maker

[Katz]

Every image editing program (even gamemaker) has a tolerance level with the magic wand selection. I'd use that to the best of your abilities.

(Judging from that sprite you might need to blur out the edges when you make the cut, too)

[Derf]

Yeah the magic wand tool is what you're gonna be needing to use and there's not a massive amount of difference between the version in GM and other program.

Alternatively you could try making the sprite yourself by drawing the white bar in the middle and using glow settings. GM's aren't that advanced but you could still do something serviceable with them.

[infern0man1]

Increase the size of the eraser; the edges of the eraser mark will be a lighter alpha,  like the smooth edge option.

[klazen108]

I use a plugin for Paint.net called 'Alpha Mask' - this works great if the background is a solid black/white like that:

You just need to select the entire image, then copy it, and then choose the 'paste from clipboard' option in the plugin.

ALTERNATIVELY you could use an additive blend mode while drawing that sprite, that's probably what was intended - in additive blend mode, sprite colors are added to what's already on the screen, and since black is (0,0,0) the background colors are not changed. The bright parts also look "shinier", for this reason additive blend mode is often used for special effects like fire, sparks, magic, etc.

Code: [Select]

draw_set_blend_mode(bm_add);
draw_self();
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);

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Get the Alpha Mask plugin here
Get Paint.NET here
How to install plugins in Paint.NET

[Junior Nintendista]

I use a plugin for Paint.net called 'Alpha Mask' - this works great if the background is a solid black/white like that:

You just need to select the entire image, then copy it, and then choose the 'paste from clipboard' option in the plugin.

ALTERNATIVELY you could use an additive blend mode while drawing that sprite, that's probably what was intended - in additive blend mode, sprite colors are added to what's already on the screen, and since black is (0,0,0) the background colors are not changed. The bright parts also look "shinier", for this reason additive blend mode is often used for special effects like fire, sparks, magic, etc.

Code: [Select]

draw_set_blend_mode(bm_add);
draw_self();
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);

(click to show/hide)

Get the Alpha Mask plugin here
Get Paint.NET here
How to install plugins in Paint.NET

Thanks