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Different55

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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How to put pixels in nonpixels

Step 1: Get the image you want to pixel.

Step 2: Open it in GrafX2.

Step 3: Resize the image down to supersmall. Keep the aspect ratio the same.

Step 4: Make a new layer.

Step 5: Draw the pixels on that layer.

Step 6: Delete the supersmall image layer underneath it so that your image is just pixels.

Step 7: Resize the image back to the size it was before. Your small pixels are now big pixels, and they are all alone.

Step 8: Transparencize the image by right clicking on the LAYERS button and checking the Background box.

Step 9: Save it as a separate image. Also a gif because transparency.

YOU NOW HAVE YOUR BIG PIXELS.

Now for the nonpixels.

Step 10: Open the original image in GIMP.

Step 11: Open the big pixel image as a layer.

Step 12: That's it. You can mess with transparency, layer masks, blend modes, all that stuff.

Step 13: Repeat for every other pixel part you want. For my image in the stock photos topic, I used a separate images for the wings, the lasers, and the smoke and added them all into GIMP as separate layers.

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Re: How to put pixels in nonpixels

Thanks, but my skills are too nope to do it.

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skullz17

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Re: How to put pixels in nonpixels

Can I just do everything from GIMP? I don't want to get GrafX2.

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Different55

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Re: How to put pixels in nonpixels

I guess you could, but you'd either need multiple images open or some awkward layer work. And you'd need to set some options when scaling so that it doesn't mess it up. Most of the problems with using GIMP is that it wasn't made for pixel art. If you're interested in pixel art itself I'd definitely recommend GrafX2. It's a program inspired by simpler times.

Last edited by Different55 (2015-01-08 14:27:54)

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Re: How to put pixels in nonpixels

I did mine in gimp only, but duplicating the image on a new layer, resizing, drawing on a third layer, and sizing back results in a slight blur.

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Different55

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Re: How to put pixels in nonpixels

Change the option thing on scaling to nearest neighbor

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