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New guidlines for creating a set: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=22199

Please fix http://ttd.cernun.net/ to http://george.zernebok.net/

allright, some interesting graphic programs for creating TTD graphics:

PxPaint: http://pxp.grapefruitopia.com/

DPaint IV: http://amiga.emucamp.com/dpaint4.htm (old!! )

NewTek Aura 2.5: http://www.newtek.com/products/vt/info/ ... paint.html

And here's another one, for Mac addicts

Graphic Converter

Anyone interested in updating the first post?

> newgrf.txt ( topic )
Should this point to the wiki instead? And the topic is ancient.

> >> new >> graphics tutorials (Backup: graphics tutorials backup)
Access Denied to the main site.

> George's New Graphics ( topic)
Moved: http://george.zernebok.net/

>Have you made a tool yourself, post below here and I'll add it to the list, then I'll delete your post.
Most interested parties probably already know about NFORenum, but I'll plug it anyway.

Done.

Maybe to add to "WIN-DOS conversion" link to my converter?

how does the ttrs one work? (the complete city replcement) it says to copy the files into a newgf directory, but that dosent even exist...

Check out this topic http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=19694 I think it'll help you out

for Maccies amongst us: CrossOver runs i.Mage without a hitch, and might run most of the other smaller programs. perfect if you don't want to get stuck with Graphic Converter.

What about Pain.Net?
Paint.Net

i want GRFCreator

more for Mac:
Seashore

also, this seems interesting.

particularly interesting in this case is Pixen.

Might be a silly idea, but what about adding http://www.railfaneurope.net as useful site? It got pictures of almost every European train, tram and metro. Would be useful for most graphic projects.

EDIT: And seeing as you linked to several graphic sites, why not link to http://linkage.tt-forums.net too?

Hi everyone! Bugfinder here.

I am thinking about making my own grfs but i need just a few pointers by doing it in MS-Paint
1) I have edited a couple of the original MS icons in my computer and left them as origninals and mixed different pixels together to make a folder icon that better suits what is in there. With every single icon it has an L shaped black line running from the top left corner to the bottom left corner and finishing at the bottom right corner. How am I to fix this? A certain prgram I can't recall has a checker/chessboard background to simulate that there is no background in the final picture.
2) Obvioulsy when a train turns a corner a new grf is used to show that it is facing that direction in relation to your eyes to still look 3D. This means that there are only 8 actual pics used in the one grf file. How do I meld them all into one file and have the file format changed to .grf without blatantly changing the filename format, which just doesn't work. It's like a blonde dyeing her hair just to be a brunette. She is still a blonde, dyed or not.
Help! How do I go about this. The read-me's and manuals don't help much.

Kind regards,
Bugfinder

It's much much much more complicated than that, involving coding. Start here:

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=22199

And particularly look at Patchman's GRF page. There is no easy way.

bugfinder wrote:I am thinking about making my own grfs but i need just a few pointers by doing it in MS-Paint

You can't, and even if you could, you don't want to. Pick a different image processing program.
Then get out of the thread for listing tools and sites, and post in a thread concerning helping bugfinder learn NFO (And you have better be able to demonstrate that you have read the entire NFO spec.)

DaleStan wrote:

bugfinder wrote:I am thinking about making my own grfs but i need just a few pointers by doing it in MS-Paint

You can't, and even if you could, you don't want to. Pick a different image processing program.

MS Paint works fine, you just need a way to convert it to the correct palette, which for example GRF Maker does without problem, and even copying sprites into a decoded PCX file works fine. MS Paint has a terrific simple interface while you can do everything with it you want. I've been using MS Paint for several years for GRF purposes, and it works fine.

Drawing is the easy part. Coding is hard.
I suggest you join an existing project and do some artwork, there are always artists needed, and leave the coding for others.

I'm not sure about that; as far as I'm concerned coding is much easier than drawing. But then I can't draw to save my life.