contribute:createimage

Before you start

  • Choose a tool for Image Manipulation - Paint 3D is standard on windows, GIMP is more advanced
  • setup GIMP - you'll be needing this for colour reduction
  • setup PNGgauntlet - you'll be needing this for filesize reduction
  • setup Emage - a PNG optimized file, can be further compressed using Emage
  • setup a directory for downloads & intial image creation, a directory for GIMP exports, a directory for PNG optimized files. This way your work follows a logical flow, and you don't accidentally mix up or upload files from previous steps

Steps for creating an image

  1. Find the material
  2. Resize the different items, and save to workdirectory
  3. Create a blank 800 x 800 canvas
  4. Insert and Center the different resized items
  5. Open GIMP - reduce colours and export the image to GIMP directory
  6. Open PNGgauntlet - reduce filesize and export to PNG directory
  7. Open Emage - reduce filesize and replace file in PNG directory
  • Last modified: 3 years ago
  • by Frank Nestel