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basic_game_image_editing_with_gimp [2014/03/29 02:41] mithatbasic_game_image_editing_with_gimp [2014/03/29 02:42] – [Windows] mithat
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 Here is a guide to using [[http://www.gimp.org|GIMP]] for doing some of the more common kinds of things you would need to do when editing images for use in games. Here is a guide to using [[http://www.gimp.org|GIMP]] for doing some of the more common kinds of things you would need to do when editing images for use in games.
  
-GIMP may or may not be the best tool for doing this. But it's open source (something that's important to me), it's available for all major desktop operating systems, I know it, and it works.+GIMP may or may not be the best tool for doing this. It's open source (something that's important to me), it's available for all major desktop operating systems, I know it, and it works.
  
 In what follows, I am assuming you are using PNG images for all your image resources. With small changes, everything should apply to other formats as well. In what follows, I am assuming you are using PNG images for all your image resources. With small changes, everything should apply to other formats as well.
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   - Go to [[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/|the GIMP download page]], scroll down past the "GIMP for Unix-like systems" until you see the "Show other downloads" link. Click that link.   - Go to [[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/|the GIMP download page]], scroll down past the "GIMP for Unix-like systems" until you see the "Show other downloads" link. Click that link.
   - After clicking the link, scroll down again to find the "GIMP for Windows" section. In the "GIMP for Windows" section, click the "Download GIMP 2.X.X" link (2.8.10 as of this writing).   - After clicking the link, scroll down again to find the "GIMP for Windows" section. In the "GIMP for Windows" section, click the "Download GIMP 2.X.X" link (2.8.10 as of this writing).
-  - When the download in complete, run the installer and Bob's your uncle.+  - When the download is complete, run the installer and Bob's your uncle.
 === Installing as a portable application === === Installing as a portable application ===
-  - Go to http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable+  - Go to http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable.
   - Click the "Download Now" button.   - Click the "Download Now" button.
   - When the download is complete, run the installer, tell it where to put GIMP, and Bob's your uncle.   - When the download is complete, run the installer, tell it where to put GIMP, and Bob's your uncle.
basic_game_image_editing_with_gimp.txt · Last modified: 2014/03/29 04:57 by mithat

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