Jacob123 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) I am trying to create a sprite for a game I am making. I drew the concept art for it on a sheet of paper, scanned it, and am now trying to trace it at 64 pixels for width and etc. for height. The problem is that the scanned photo is over 1000 pixels wide and when I try to resize it it becomes a mess of random pixels. How do I get around this? Here is my image in case that is relevant. Thank you for your time and help. Edited July 24, 2014 by Jacob123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasadia Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Are you talking about something like the image below being your end goal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob123 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah, how the heck did you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Hi @Jacob: One way is: 1. upload your image into Paint.NET2. use the rectangle select tool and then use the Move Selected Pixels tool to pull the nubs at the corners, whilst holding shift, until you get the size you want Edited February 22, 2016 by Pixey 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob123 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Ok I tried the move tool thing but didn't really liked how it turned out. I found the solution by using the Best Quality setting in the resize feature and putting it down to 64x109. I could trace it now and make it look a lot nicer and everything. I could post the final version when it's done if that pleases anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasadia Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) @Jacob, That's what I did to get the result I got. Hope that helps with any future problems, best of luck with your art, looks super cool!Edit: Oh! and I also cranked the contrast all the way up and adjusted the brightness until it looked okay before I resized it. To do this I went to the Brightness / Contrast setting in the Adjustments menu, shown below. I used the settings shown in the picture on the image that you gave me and resized it down to 64 pixels wide.Hope this helps! Edited July 24, 2014 by kasadia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob123 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thank you for all the help. I was able to do what I wanted and here is the final result: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice! Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Nice sprite! I don't want to meet him .. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasadia Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 That really looks great! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob123 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Animated now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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