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  • T

    Good advice from both of you. I agree, it will be much better with transparency, so i am willing to go for that for my final version.
    As for my version 0.2, half of the models with background are finished so i will just finish the rest too. Even without transparency the map will be much more fun to play that way.

    I will probably look into greenfish already while workig on 0.2, to see if i get a hook on it.

    @edit:
    Oh one more thing:
    I found that i can make the background the same color as the map territories, belonging to the respective race. So the Empire background is the same grey as the empire territory, so it looks like tranparency as long as you do not go on allied territory.

    Cheers

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  • C

    @tannenbernie It does not have to be transparent, though a non transparent square is unlikely to look good unless it is something abstract.

    For non abstract units, I think that the best alternative to a transparent background is a circular background, which anyway requires transparency given that image files are rectangular (or square).

    For example, you could have an 80 pixels per axis background like this one,
    +80.png

    over which you could draw the units you want (like these ones).
    eom_lancer_b_80.png
    eom_reiksguard_b_80.png

    If you don't want to learn how to handle transparency just yet, you can use this image, being careful to keep your drawing within the monotone gray zone,
    ++80.png

    as it will be very easy to then turn the black outside the circle to transparency.

    However, having a transparent background is preferable because it is neutral and is much easier to add a background than to remove it so giving you the option to decide about the background thereafter with ease, comprising opting for keeping it purely transparent.

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  • Try this, an Icon Editor called Greenfish icon editor pro its free, I use it
    http://greenfishsoftware.org/gfie.php#apage

    937e2587-73a7-4566-aa7c-261624c4c3e3-image.png

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  • T

    Good arguments!

    Ok i will follow your advice and forget about that atm.

    @Cernel: No, no transparency yet. I dont know anything about graphic stuff, so i will have to get into it slowly step by step.

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