Helpful MS Paint Tricks

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Helpful MS Paint Tricks; Minorly helpful, mainly.
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DeProgrammer	Jun 3 2006, 07:29 PM Post #1
Elite Pirate Posts: 895 Group: Old Team Member #295 Joined: June 3, 2005	Using external palettes. If you need a color added to your palette, here's what you do. Use the eye-dropper tool to grab the color. Go to the Colors menu and select Edit Colors, then click Define Custom Colors. Click Add To Custom Colors many times, so that the color fills the entire palette. Since it restarts at the beginning each time you open the dialogue, you do this so as to not replace your color with the next one you add. Then click Cancel. Double-click on the color in your palette box where you want it to go, then select it from the custom palette you placed it in earlier, and hit OK. ----- Fast recoloring. There are many methods to recoloring, but here's perhaps the fastest one of all. First, add the color you want to replace to your palette box. Then right-click on the color in your palette box that you wish to change the other color into. Go to Edit > Select All (or hold Control and press A), then Edit > Cut (or hold Control and press X). Now, right-click on the color that you want to replace. Finally, go to Edit > Paste (or hold Control and press V). Now every instance of that color in your entire sprite or spritesheet has been replaced with the one you chose. ----- Post your own, and try to keep the same general format. Any trick that people generally wouldn't think of without a lot of experience should go here. I can make this post into a Table of Contents if the mods agree to allow double-posting, etc.
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SNIPER	Jun 3 2006, 10:03 PM Post #2
Elite Pirate Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #676 Joined: March 20, 2006	Turning the grid on is more than important! It is necessary! Turning the grid on and zooming in will allow you to edit individual pixels!



Zone2H	Jun 4 2006, 01:37 AM Post #3
Metroid Posts: 419 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: July 1, 2005	To tun the grid on,press Ctrl+G(Or View->Zoom->Show Grid) NOTE:You have to be on Zoom level 6 or higher Also The thumbnail also helps,you can turn it on by: View->Zoom->Show Thumbnail NOTE:You have to be on Zoom level 2 or higher I hope this helps
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DeProgrammer	Jun 4 2006, 02:42 AM Post #4
Elite Pirate Posts: 895 Group: Old Team Member #295 Joined: June 3, 2005	Excellent job. I never thought to turn on the grid, and I didn't notice there was a thumbnail option.
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Ryan-Phoenixan	Jun 4 2006, 02:49 AM Post #5
War Wasp Posts: 148 Group: Members Member #666 Joined: March 13, 2006	To quickly replace a color in just a section: Use the eye dropper or select from the pallette with right click for the color you want to replace with. Use the eye dropper or select from the pallette with left click for the color you want replaced. Use the eraser using the right mouse button and you'll see the color replaced.
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Czar Dragon	Jun 5 2006, 12:24 AM Post #6
Elite Pirate Posts: 837 Group: Members Member #663 Joined: March 9, 2006	SNIPER,Jun 3 2006 06:03 PM Turning the grid on is more than important! It is necessary! Turning the grid on and zooming in will allow you to edit individual pixels! the grid isnt really neccessary. I've never used it before, ever. And I do recolors and draw those swords that are in my thread without the use of the grid. That thumbnail option is very good to. I never noticed it before.



Inspector88	Jun 6 2006, 07:14 PM Post #7
War Wasp Posts: 148 Group: Members Member #680 Joined: March 21, 2006	Everyone knows you can choose two colors to work with at a time (right click and left click), but you can also hold control down and select a third color. I just found this out a couple days ago, and It's kinda helpful.



Timmeh	Jun 6 2006, 08:15 PM Post #8
The Electryc Penys Posts: 3,481 Group: Old Team Member #10 Joined: January 27, 2005	Inspector88,Jun 6 2006 03:14 PM Everyone knows you can choose two colors to work with at a time (right click and left click), but you can also hold control down and select a third color. I just found this out a couple days ago, and It's kinda helpful. ...DUDE. Ferreal?O_O EDIT: God damnit! I'd ALWAYS known that the background for those two colors served some purpose!



DeProgrammer	Jun 6 2006, 09:21 PM Post #9
Elite Pirate Posts: 895 Group: Old Team Member #295 Joined: June 3, 2005	Isn't it great what you can learn when people actually try to help each other? I once knew about that, but I entirely forgot it. I figured it out because sometimes, when I loaded a GIF, it would put a color in there for me (in 98's Paint). And it seemed like I could never change the color that was in the box when messing with those GIF's.
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072	Jun 6 2006, 10:05 PM Post #10
that 3-digit-number guy Posts: 2,202 Group: Moderators Member #29 Joined: January 28, 2005	So... what exactly is the purpose for the third color?
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Sploder	Jun 6 2006, 10:20 PM Post #11
Geemer Posts: 86 Group: Members Member #387 Joined: August 3, 2005	072,Jun 6 2006 10:05 PM So... what exactly is the purpose for the third color? For transparent colors.



-058-	Jun 6 2006, 10:34 PM Post #12
Elite Pirate Posts: 529 Group: Members Member #264 Joined: May 6, 2005	I generally saw it as used for quick-switching, or for saving colours for a later use. Alls it does is speed up the creation process.
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Timmeh	Jun 6 2006, 10:51 PM Post #13
The Electryc Penys Posts: 3,481 Group: Old Team Member #10 Joined: January 27, 2005	It's just a third color, from what I can tell... The red is the control color. It's not transparent =3



Czar Dragon	Jun 7 2006, 12:01 AM Post #14
Elite Pirate Posts: 837 Group: Members Member #663 Joined: March 9, 2006	ms paint doesnt do transparent colours



DeProgrammer	Jun 7 2006, 01:34 AM Post #15
Elite Pirate Posts: 895 Group: Old Team Member #295 Joined: June 3, 2005	Odd. My MS Paint works fine with transparent colors. Which it does do. Particularly when pasting. But pre-Windows XP versions of MS Paint can also save a transparent color when saving GIF's.
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