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[odnorf]

......but i am planning to use png since the pictures will be smaller and i won't have to juggle between 255,0,255 and 255,0,246, which is a pain coz Maya doesn't allow me for some reason to use full 255 and WME has the default transparent colour set to 255.........

You can change the default trasperent color to any value you want. But still png with alpha channel is a wise solution because this way the character will look better (not jerky edges).

[fabiobasile]

that would be cool and not too difficult to do either, i guess i gotta figure out a way to re-process the animation images of the character so that i can include a shadow in each of them, making the background transparent and saving them all as png... it would be cool to have at hand a utility that can search automatically for text in all the *.sprite files under /actor/ and changes the extensions from .bmp to .png!

[Mnemonic]

it would be cool to have at hand a utility that can search automatically for text in all the *.sprite files under /actor/ and changes the extensions from .bmp to .png!

UltraEdit has the "replace in files" feature, to name one.

[odnorf]

Pspad http://www.pspad.com/en/index.html also has this feature (and it's free)

[fabiobasile]

Thanks! I went for PsPad and it works GREAT!

Also i have converted all the animation pics into png and added the character's shadow and here is the result:



Well i guess you have to make an effort to actually see the shadow, but when i started the batch procedure in Photoshop i realized it too late... oh well i'll fix it next.

[fabiobasile]

ok shadows fixed and a few more gizmos added... comments welcome!

[Mnemonic]

Yes, much better

[fabiobasile]

i was actually kind of thinking of a possible soundtrack style, maybe "Van Der Graaf Generator" would be cool because of the particular time frame between 1974 and 78 and the style of the music very instrumental that transport you very much in another time and space... Anyone ever heard of this UK band?

http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/