How to make new GRFs?

Bastiaan · Post by **Bastiaan** » 15 Feb 2004 14:42

Hello,

I want to make new GRFs. I'm am going to start with some phantasy trains.
I know that I must draw the trains with i.Mage and that I must save them as a PCX-file. But can I draw the trains with paint too? Using paint is much easyer than using i.Mage!

Please, help me.

Bastiaan

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 15 Feb 2004 14:46

You can draw them with paint, as long as you save them as pcx file. I'm not sure if paint can do that.

Bastiaan · Post by **Bastiaan** » 15 Feb 2004 15:00

Arathorn wrote:You can draw them with paint, as long as you save them as pcx file. I'm not sure if paint can do that.

Yes, if I save it as "blablabla.pcx" it becomes a PCX-file whitch I can open with paint. PCX-files whitch have been created with i.Mage can't be opened with paint...

My second question is how to draw the trains. What is the limit of the length? Do I have to draw all the 8 sights?

Bastiaan

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 15 Feb 2004 15:02

but will it be a pcx file or a bmp with a pcx extension?

pcx is not in the save as window and thus I doubt paint can handle these images.

Bastiaan · Post by **Bastiaan** » 15 Feb 2004 15:11

GoneWacko wrote:but will it be a pcx file or a bmp with a pcx extension?

See my previous post. Yes, I think it is a PCX-file with a bmp-extension...

pcx is not in the save as window and thus I doubt paint can handle these images.

Hmm, that's a pity...

Thus I MUST draw them with i.Mage?

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 15 Feb 2004 15:29

Or save them as bmp, open it with iMage and save it as pcx.

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 15 Feb 2004 15:35

I suggest take a look into Tutorial:
http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... RFTutorial

as for Images learn about what colors you can use: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=6002

dizcon · Post by **dizcon** » 15 Feb 2004 15:35

I recommend Photshop. If you can't afford it, buy the lighter version or get it the obvious way.

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 15 Feb 2004 15:58

dizcon for GRF editing I really can not recommend photoshop...
Photoshop makes it harder for me to select the right colors from the available palette.. This is why I use PSP 8.

Killer 11 · Post by **Killer 11** » 15 Feb 2004 16:40

To dizcon

Kazza or morpheus way?

Bastiaan · Post by **Bastiaan** » 15 Feb 2004 18:02

OK, this is what I'm going to do:
- I draw a train with paint (how long is the maximum?)
- I save it as a bitmap.
- I open it in i.Mage.
- I save it as a PCX.
- And then???

Bastiaan

dizcon · Post by **dizcon** » 15 Feb 2004 18:34

GoneWacko wrote:dizcon for GRF editing I really can not recommend photoshop...
Photoshop makes it harder for me to select the right colors from the available palette.. This is why I use PSP 8.

I agree, PS wouldn't let me select colors from the palette either, so I made a shot of the palette and just keep it open..

I had to use PSP for a web design competition some weeks ago, and I hated it.

Killer:
If I was to download Photoshop, I would have gotten it from a private FTP server

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 15 Feb 2004 18:44

Bastiaan wrote:- And then???

use grfcodec to encode graphic

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