Newb Question
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
Forum Discription: Help your fellow pixel artists out with links to good tutorials, other forums, software, fonts, etc. Bugs and support issues should go here as well.
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2396
Printed Date: 11 September 2025 at 11:35am
Topic: Newb Question
Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Subject: Newb Question
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 2:19pm
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I'm new to this place. I've been messing around trying to make my
pictures transparent because I'm a loser and all I have is MSPaint and
Gimp which I barely know how to work. So here's my question. Do you absolutely have to have a small image to upload in Pixel Joint? And upon clicking on the small image, will you immediately be directed to the entire image? Like previews on dA right? |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 2:24pm
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Yes and yes. Small (previews) are needed if you piece is bigger than 100 pixel in any direction. The preview image then is smaller than 100x100 px, duh! PJ IS NOTHING LIKE DA!!! ------------- |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 2:29pm
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Transparency on the web is only possible through the .GIF format. Unfortunately, MSPaint does not have the ability to save transparent .GIF images. I've never used Gimp, but from the screenshots on it's site, it looks advanced enough to have a transparency feature. And your notions about the previews is correct. A 'detailed' image is the image that is displayed before someone clicks on it, and it can be at most 100x100 size. There is a field to give a bigger version of the image if the size goes past 100x100, that is whats shown after someone clicks the smaller image to view the complete image. ------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 2:58pm
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thank you. and i know it's nothing like dA, but my question was similar. oh and if you find anything about transparency for gimp, i would appreciate it. I'm going to do some searching myself. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 3:00pm
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leelo, I was kiddin. You'll find several Gimp question on this topic (resources). I don't use it but often see a new Gimp question pop up. ------------- |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 16 June 2006 at 3:20pm
FYI, it's alright to have just MSPaint. I've seen a lot of awesome pixellers who just use MSPaint. That's the cool thing about pixel art. It doesn't take a 500 dollar program. 
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Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 12:33pm
| yeah paint can do some amazing things despite the small amount of options it has. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:12pm
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Originally posted by Demon Transparency on the web is only possible through the .GIF format. WRONG! LOL, atleast on IE that is true. PNG is transparent too, but Microsoft in all thier infinite wisdom decided to be different frome very other web browser and not have png transparency... which really sucks because with PNG you can have partial transparency on several colors as opposed to GIF where you can only have one color trans... So with png you can have shadows and AA. PNG, thanks to IE, is not suggested for trans, however... Because since +60% of the general surfing population do not use a standards compliant browser... Now you know, beam me with tomatoes... ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:29pm
 
------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:30pm
| lol <.< |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:37pm
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dont spam
------------- http://www.twoschizos.com"> 
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Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 4:11pm
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one more noobish question.. how long does it take to get some damn approval in this place?! |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 4:15pm
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sometimes up to a month. {adjusted for lack of patience} ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 4:46pm
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Ah that's crazy! Why does it take so long? |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 4:47pm
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We're doing this in our own time. You can wait or leave.
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 5:13pm
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Some pieces are easier to quickly except or decline than others. Some can pend for quite a long time until a decision is made by one or more of the mods. While you're waiting you can always pixel more...! -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: i_am_leeloo
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 5:23pm
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So you go through them all one at a time? Wow. Well then I'll just practice more pixeling. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 5:52pm
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See unlike dA where you can submit whatever crap you want. ------------- 
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 5:54pm
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Originally posted by Souly We have female staff members?and denys and accepts as he/she sees fit. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 7:22pm
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<hint>you should!</hint> |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 11:27pm
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well, we have Bisque but she seems busy in other areas in her life outside of PJ. ------------- |
Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 1:14am
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Bisque is on msn most of the time - i think she has just kinda lost
interest in this community.  ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |