Homebrew [Project] SoulAnger's MENUdo

[SoulAnger]

MENUdo's skinning?
Uhmm, its indexing. :\
Pure indexing. Sorry guys.
If you would remember, MENUdo also uses bmp. ^^"
But I assure you by using these formats benefits the DS hardware.
If I wouldnt use such formats, would you guys still use MENUdo, if loading it would take forever? :\
Oh btw guys, sorry about no progress reports, I caught a disease a few weeks ago. So I got no to little progress to post.
As for today, I THINK im becoming healthier.

 

[Keeley]

what is Indexing? lol

 

[dohclude]

what is Indexing? lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexed_color

 

[OneMichael]

Does Photoshop even have tools for painting individual pixels? I played with it in high-school, but couldn't find anything (which means it probably does, and high-school me just wasn't very 'able').
I use Paint Shop Pro, myself, in which indexed images are super easy.

 

[spinal_cord]

I have used paintshop pro 7 for years now, it's by far one of (if no the) easiest tools for working with indexed images and pixeling. (dont go past version 7 though, they tried to make it like photoshop - stupid idea).

 

[wolfmanz51]

MENUdo's skinning?
Uhmm, its indexing. :\
Pure indexing. Sorry guys.
If you would remember, MENUdo also uses bmp. ^^"
But I assure you by using these formats benefits the DS hardware.
If I wouldnt use such formats, would you guys still use MENUdo, if loading it would take forever? :\
Oh btw guys, sorry about no progress reports, I caught a disease a few weeks ago. So I got no to little progress to post.
As for today, I THINK im becoming healthier.

Sorry to hear that hope you recover soon.
You don't think you got it by SAy perhaps EATING MENUDO do you?
(horrible joke) but seriously hope your ok

 

[Porkdish]

I find Gimp 2.0 harder to work out that Photoshop, maybe that's because I came to it after years of Photoshop.

Under the brushes tool in Photoshop is a pencil. you can set this to one pixel in size to paint one pixel at a time or set it to larger sizes and without anti aliasing its just like MS Paint. In CS4, it will even overlay a pixel grid if you zoom in far enough, just like old school icon editors.

Indexing in photoshop is easy and fun, my personal preference is a selective pattern dither. Setting the colours just low enough to get a pleasing to the eye Super Mario gradient. Working from start to finish in indexed colour mode is too limiting, make your edits in 16 bit and convert as a last step.

That menudo will accept indexed bitmaps is a blessing. The cyclo ds makes a real hash of it.

 

[Keeley]

i find GImp hard to use too... paint the easiest!!!! ( buy MS paint hahahaha, i know its already in the OS and proabbly not on sale but still buy MS Paint!!!)

 

[Blue-K]

i find GImp hard to use too... paint the easiest!!!! ( buy MS paint hahahaha, i know its already in the OS and proabbly not on sale but still buy MS Paint!!!)

Lol..I find Paint hard, or better impossible to use...guess everyone here has his personal favourite

. I won't buy a Photoshop, so I'll stay at GIMP..luckly, I found that:

http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/gra...ide_node85.html

I think we should now close the what is better conversation...sorry that I've started that a bit

...Anyways, now I'm ready for Skinning

. Hope it will be as easy as for the M3Real and Co...let's wait and see...my money waits to be exchanged for the compatible chart...

 

[OneMichael]

Yeah, I got Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (what a mouthful) for Christmas, and it turns out nothing's changed since PSP8 (which is to say, since Corel got it from Jasc).
Does PSP7 have rotate-able brushes? That's a bit important. I've been using PSP6 for the last ten years, and I still use that for my quick images, because PSP8 takes ten times longer to load (like, ten whole seconds).

Anyway. I lurves pixels!

 

[ShadowEO]

Is PSP better than PS CS3 or the other versions of PS? I've been using Photoshop for a while now and compared to the other versions of Photoshop it feels like something's missing... Gimp gives me the same feeling.

 

[fgghjjkll]

how do you use a psp to edit images?

EDIT: nvm...

 

[nutella]

how do you use a psp to edit images?

EDIT: nvm...

lol

 

[Blackiris]

How about this: Is skinning gonna be easier or harder than skinning MoonShell 2.00?

I have thoughts of porting my skin to this insanely shiny app XD

 

[spinal_cord]

OK guys, I just tried a recent build of MENUdo. You are all going to love it. The interface is VERY clean, it animates very well indeed. The controls work well, very intuitive, there shouldn't be any need to 'learn' anything to use this. It looks very professional. I can't think what else to say... just wait till the release, then all you wont mind having the demo/freeware/whatever version, you'll see.

 

[Findecanno]

wait if theres a demo/freeware version does that mean that there will also be a paid version?

 

[ShadowEO]

@Spinal_Cord: After seeing that, I'm definitely going to be more paitient (I have my XBOX I can mess with until MENUdo is released)


That just gets me more tingly inside after seeing that short review that Spinal just did

 

[Briankealing]

If I needed to pay for MenuDo, I would stick with AKAIO

 

[Findecanno]

If I needed to pay for MenuDo, I would stick with AKAIO

I agree almost all homebrew is free and opensource thats why its homebrew and not commercial programs. Unless he plans on making this commercial.

 

[Keeley]

i hope he doesn't, but then again i really doubt it, but if he does someone just has to buy it and leak to a site, like Windows 7 lol