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Need to change the extension from *. Bmp to *. Png?

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Yes, it needs to be done.
42.11% (8)
No. I have enough 262 colors.
10.53% (2)
I do not care.
47.37% (9)
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Pagyra OP
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I request to DC:
Can you change the extension of all files *. PNG?

This will provide the following benefits:
1. Сompression (reduce size of images)
2. Alpha channel (transparency) - it allows to use the effect of smooth shadows, glow, ...
3. Full-color images (At this moment we can't use black, blue, pink colors)

As an example of a sprite of rocket:

PNG
IMG:https://s018.radikal.ru/i524/1203/15/d33562dff3b4.png

BMP
IMG:https://s018.radikal.ru/i510/1203/38/d323c2a147e6.bmp

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Big Bang Mafia
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*.png is better quality and almost every image editor supports (Paint.NET, GIMP..) i think it needs to be done

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DC
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this is actually not necessary. you can use the PNG format nevertheless. just create your images as PNG and rename them to filename.bmp

some programs might have problems to open the files properly then but CS2D will recognize that they are actually PNGs with BMP extension and will load them without any problems.

short:
• create your skins as PNG files
• rename them to filename.bmp so CS2D finds them

(I'm not 100% sure if the alpha channel will be loaded properly, just try it)

also I don't know what the 262 colors are about. you can use bmps with a 32 bit color depth (that are several million colors...). png does not have more colors than that.
edited 3×, last 05.03.12 01:17:18 pm

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Big Bang Mafia
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DC has written
short:
create your skins as PNG files
rename them to filename.bmp so CS2D finds them


i did not think about that, i think i will agree with @user DC:

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MikuAuahDark
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user Hador has written
@user MikuAuahDark: lol. I have never before heard of an image editor that does not support .PNG
yes, MS paint for example, it not support alpha channel

user DC has written
this is actually not necessary. you can use the PNG format nevertheless. just create your images as PNG and rename them to filename.bmp

some programs might have problems to open the files properly then but CS2D will recognize that they are actually PNGs with BMP extension and will load them without any problems.

short:
• create your skins as PNG files
• rename them to filename.bmp so CS2D finds them

waw, this is a cs2d secret

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DannyDeth
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user Pagyra has written
Сompression (reduce size of images)

Only thing is that the ZIP archives that contain the stuff will become larger.

user DC has written
also I don't know what the 262 colors are about. you can use bmps with a 32 bit color depth (that are several million colors...). png does not have more colors than that.

Well, to be a little more close, DC, it's 4 billion and something. Oh, and the alpha channel will load correctly provided that BlitzMax's PNG loading code checks it's sig bytes correctly.

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Lys
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user MikuAuahDark has written
user Hador has written
@user MikuAuahDark: lol. I have never before heard of an image editor that does not support .PNG
yes, MS paint for example, it not support alpha channel

You don't need to have an alpha channel to edit .PNG files... You can still work perfectly fine with MS Paint, besides that it sucks.

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Anders4000
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user Lys has written
user MikuAuahDark has written
user Hador has written
@user MikuAuahDark: lol. I have never before heard of an image editor that does not support .PNG
yes, MS paint for example, it not support alpha channel

You don't need to have an alpha channel to edit .PNG files... You can still work perfectly fine with MS Paint, besides that it sucks.

Downloading Paint.NET doesn't even take a minute, don't be lazy. Make it easy for yourself and get it.

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Big Bang Mafia
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user Lys has written
You don't need to have an alpha channel to edit .PNG files... You can still work perfectly fine with MS Paint, besides that it sucks.


MS Paint is one from the best programs for me

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Pagyra OP
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user DC has written
just rename png images to filename.bmp

Ok thanks
I never knew that this is so ...
edited 1×, last 06.03.12 04:06:40 am
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