HOW TO IMPORT
ARTWORK INTO EDITART PERFECTLY!!
- First make sure your image is less than 320 x 200.
- Editart tends to stuff up with smaller / larger images.
- Using Editart take a snapshot of one of the end of level
screens (press F12)
- You will need ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or PAINT SHOP PRO.
- Load the snapshot into your graphics program (I used
paint shop pro).
- Select " save palette " from the COLOUR
popdown menu.
- Save the palette as "DUKE1" in a directory
where you won't forget it.
- Load in your artwork, if the artwork is large then do
the following.
- Change the colour density to 16 million colours.
- RESAMPLE the image to half or three quarters
original size.
- Do not use the RESIZE option it looks crappy when
playing Duke.
- Change colour density back to 256 colours.
- Load the "DUKE1" palette and apply it to your
image.
- Do not let Editart apply the duke palette, it looks
shocking.
- Select the last Duke palette colour (sprite background
pink).
- Use this as your background colour.
- Select ENLARGE CANVAS and the size 320 x 200.
- Save your image as a BITMAP in the Editart directory.
- Open Editart.
- Go to a blank tile (user art starts at #3585) and press
" U "
- Select your image.
- Using the mouse crop the image from the pink area.
- Press " ENTER ", you should see your new tile
in editart.
- IMPORTANT don't save images as PCX files, Editart hates
them.