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   This is a pretty cool pixel art program, I think.  It has 256 colors to use, and they're organized very well.  The selection of browns isn't great, but it's livable.  Plus you can make your own colors into the palette, so that makes up for it.  Anybody wanting to try out a new program, I recommend.  It does have a few annoying bugs in it, FYI.

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mdog95 Commander Joined: 14 December 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 150	Topic: Grafx2 Posted: 07 October 2011 at 9:18pm
	This is a pretty cool pixel art program, I think. It has 256 colors to use, and they're organized very well. The selection of browns isn't great, but it's livable. Plus you can make your own colors into the palette, so that makes up for it. Anybody wanting to try out a new program, I recommend. It does have a few annoying bugs in it, FYI.
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 07 October 2011 at 9:57pm
	Many at PJ already use Grafx2...but it's good that you remind those who doesn't yet! :) The inital palette is simply defined by the skin you are using, you have to restart the program before the palette changes due to a skin-swap though. (I'm the author of the Aurora-skin and its palette) Edited by DawnBringer - 07 October 2011 at 9:59pm
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mdog95 Commander Joined: 14 December 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 150	Posted: 07 October 2011 at 10:08pm
	Well, seeing I've been signed up to this place for about two hours now, I wouldn't know many people already use it. I haven't even really experimented with the program yet even though I've been using it for quite a while now. I should look into it...
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PulkoMandy Midshipman Joined: 30 June 2009 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 44	Posted: 19 October 2011 at 10:52am
	Annoying bugs ? Where ? As one of the developpers of GrafX2, I'll happily try to fix them :)
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avo Seaman Joined: 05 December 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 25 October 2011 at 6:10am
	Hi all... I'd like to ask about Grafx2, is it possible to make transparent gifs in it? I see there is a button "get/set transparent color" but i cant understand how does it work or is it work at all...
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 25 October 2011 at 6:27am

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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 25 October 2011 at 7:04am
	You get this window when you click the long 'layers' button. Check "background", and ensure that the image's transparent color is the one you want.
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avo Seaman Joined: 05 December 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 25 October 2011 at 11:34am
	Thank you guys! It works!
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Flonkon Seaman Joined: 02 April 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 27 October 2011 at 12:25pm
	Im new to Pixel Arts and downloaded Grafx2 after I read about it here ... I think this Programm is amlost perfect for structured work with pixel arts. But there is one thing missing or am I too dumb to find it.. Is there the possibility to activate something like a grid 1px size ? or higher ? If not it would be nice if one of the developers would integrate the function...
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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 27 October 2011 at 2:33pm
	It's not evident as it was a late addition: Shift-G to open the grid options (Or it's in FX screen, right-click "Grid") Set X=1 and Y=1, and check "Show". Have fun! Edited by yrizoud - 27 October 2011 at 3:42pm
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Flonkon Seaman Joined: 02 April 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 27 October 2011 at 9:48pm
	Perfect... thanks... :-)
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avo Seaman Joined: 05 December 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 27 October 2011 at 10:47pm
	And another question - how can i save a work in tall pixels? I save gif, but when i open it in viewer it is distorted and pixels are not tall there... I can, ofcourse, open it in photoshop and double its size on Y axis, but can i just save my work with these tall-pixel proportions somehow? By the way, as to bugs, in linux version there are crashes when you press text button, and when you open the pallette and try to spread colors in first (left) column - that was in ubuntu.
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 28 October 2011 at 12:40am
	The Tall size is just a display-mode, you'll have to resize (or paint with actual tall pixels to begin with). Right-click the bottom-left doublearrow icon for the Transformation menu (or install my Toolbox and run IMAGE/Set Image Size).
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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 28 October 2011 at 2:41am
	When you save a tall-pixel or wide-pixel image in PNG format, Grafx2 stores the pixel ratio. A viewer like XNView recognizes it and displays the image like Grafx2, but Windows's previewer and Firefox ignore the information and display it with 1:1 pixels. For web use, there's no other choice than to resize the image. By the way, I just noticed there is a place for pixel ratio in GIF format too; I'll need to save it there too. I don't expect viewers to take it into account , but it will be helpful for Grafx2 to "remember" the image's preferred pixel size. About the bugs, those two must be specific to this build, because these functions work perfectly on all the platforms I can access (including Debian Linux :/ ) edit: About the Text crash, it sounds like Ubuntu bug #700090, which was present up to Grafx2 2.2. It was fixed one year ago, but by the time we completed 2.3 and it was included in Ubuntu, it was only fixed in the Ubuntu release "Oneiric Ocelot" Edited by yrizoud - 28 October 2011 at 3:21am
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avo Seaman Joined: 05 December 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 28 October 2011 at 5:17am
	Oh, well, i will resize it then. It has so lovely brutal retro look with tall or wide pixels:) 2DawnBringer - yea, i've installed your toolbox yesterday and am going to get used to it cause there are lots of cool features. 2yrizoud - that might really be bugs of ubuntu build i've had. Thanks for answers!
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 28 October 2011 at 6:03am
	Nice. I've been working on an update and docs for the scripts, so if you didn't get that one; here's the latest version: http://goto.glocalnet.net/axe/dawntb12d.zip Here's the online documentation if anybody wanna take a sneakpeak (lottsa pictures): Documentation
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O_MEG_A Midshipman Joined: 24 May 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Posted: 27 May 2018 at 4:15am
	Hello guys I think I am in need of your help, recently(very recently) I have joined pixeljoint and again recently I met with grafx2, my problem is that when I choose Aurora skin for it, it looks a little pale to me! Color of the bottoms does not look sharp. How can I fix that (is there anyway for me to fix that without having to manipulate the "skin_Aurora.png" file?) I took an image from my desktop u can find the images in this post or on the link below: https://www.deviantart.com/art/This-is-not-an-art-this-is-a-problem-I-have-faced-746863367 As u may have noticed the image "a" looks pale while the image "b" has sharper colors I want to have grafx2 looks like the image "b".
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 27 May 2018 at 5:38am
	There's a newer version (v1.1) of the Aurora-skin in the ToolBox (/skins). It has higher contrast.
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O_MEG_A Midshipman Joined: 24 May 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Posted: 27 May 2018 at 9:08am
	Hello, I already looked in the folder(/skins) there are five .png files and only one of them is "skin_Aurora.png"and it has a pale colors, more interestingly I think there might be a bug or something(or maybe I am wrong) if U take a look at the link : https://www.deviantart.com/art/This-is-not-an-art-this-is-a-problem-I-have-faced-746863367 U can see "a" image shows the appearance of the grafx2 in Aurora skin and image "b" shows when I select another skin from skin menu every thing gets sharper and this happenes only when the user had already skinned grafx2 with Aurora skin. I am using grafx2 2.5.1946 windows edition.
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 27 May 2018 at 10:31am
	Read my post again.
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O_MEG_A Midshipman Joined: 24 May 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Posted: 27 May 2018 at 1:13pm
	Tanx Dear DB, the second time I red your post I was able to understand that by saying "there is" U meant I have to check the link below: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26080 So I did and now the problem is now solved! Tanx again.
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