Custom Sprites for the Palette Editor

[yixtu_qu]

Unfortunately, i don't quite understand how to make flame look like this, but i hope i understood correctly how it works.

Spoiler: Example

View attachment 24954

If there are any errors please let me know.

If i did something wrong, here is version without flame.

 

[yixtu_qu]

If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[poxaa_bielkkj]

Can someone PLEASE make it using these sprites?

 

[minolovesrice]

(so sorry for the name of the photos, I jst idk how to change them!) this is my my first time doing it, I hope it is alright! (if there and errors please let me know!!)

 

[minolovesrice]

(so sorry for the name of the photos, I jst idk how to change them!) this is my my first time doing it, I hope it is alright! (if there and errors please let me know!!)

Oops! I think I forgot to remove the raw image’s background!

 

[Krazete]

Unfortunately, i don't quite understand how to make flame look like this, but i hope i understood correctly how it works.

Translucent parts have a different formula for displaying stuff. I have to manually flag translucent IDs in official palettized sprites (e.g. when clicking the Squigly tab, the translucent option for color ID #43 is automatically toggled).

Custom sprites have no uniform color map, so I unfortunately can't set default translucent IDs for them. You'll have to toggle it every time for any custom sprite.

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If you'd like a better understanding of how the official palettized sprites do the transparent parts, I recommend downloading one of those sprites [sample] and inputting it into this other site of mine [split-rgba].
The red channel (RRR1) is the area layer, the green channel (GGG1) is the line layer, and the blue channel (BBB1) is the detail layer made from the raw and base layers.
Notice how in BBB1, the whole flame area is brighter than the grey background which has an intensity of 102.

So TL;DR you'll want to add 100 155 to the translucent parts (in both the Raw and Base layers).

• Magic Wand the translucent areas in your Base or Area layers
• add a new layer
• Paint Bucket the selection grey (rgb=100,100,100) (rgb=155,155,155)
• change the layer blend mode to Linear Dodge
• right click the layer and make it a Clipping Mask for the Raw layer
• update the color in your Base layer to reflect the brightened area in the Raw layer

Resulting in:
(I added 128 here instead, oops)
Not perfect, but it'll look better than using the actual Raw layer.

[update]
original raw vs raw with brightened flame +100:

...better, but only barely
eh, either way, i think it works well enough

[update 2]

make that 155

 

[Krazete]

(so sorry for the name of the photos, I jst idk how to change them!) this is my my first time doing it, I hope it is alright! (if there and errors please let me know!!)

It works, though I'd prefer the color layer to have no gaps.
Gaps in the color layer means that when it's on the website, when you click to select a color, there's a good chance you'll select the background instead of the area you want to edit.

 

[poxaa_bielkkj]

(so sorry for the name of the photos, I jst idk how to change them!) this is my first time doing it, I hope it is alright! (if there and errors please let me know!!)

I LOVED IT! You are amazing!

 

[yixtu_qu]

Translucent parts have a different formula for displaying stuff. I have to manually flag translucent IDs in official palettized sprites (e.g. when clicking the Squigly tab, the translucent option for color ID #43 is automatically toggled).
View attachment 24982
Custom sprites have no uniform color map, so I unfortunately can't set default translucent IDs for them. You'll have to toggle it every time for any custom sprite.

---

If you'd like a better understanding of how the official palettized sprites do the transparent parts, I recommend downloading one of those sprites [sample] and inputting it into this other site of mine [split-rgba].
The red channel (RRR1) is the area layer, the green channel (GGG1) is the line layer, and the blue channel (BBB1) is the detail layer made from the raw and base layers.
Notice how in BBB1, the whole flame area is brighter than the grey background which has an intensity of 102.

So TL;DR you'll want to add 100 to the translucent parts (in both the Raw and Base layers).

• Magic Wand the translucent areas in your Base or Area layers
• add a new layer
• Paint Bucket the selection grey (rgb=100,100,100)
• change the layer blend mode to Linear Dodge
• right click the layer and make it a Clipping Mask for the Raw layer
• update the color in your Base layer to reflect the brightened area in the Raw layer

Resulting in:
View attachment 24983View attachment 24984(I added 128 here instead of 100, oops)
Not perfect, but it'll look better than using the actual Raw layer.

[update]
original raw vs raw with brightened flame:
View attachment 24987
...better, but only barely
eh, either way, i think it works well enough

oh, i see now. thank you, i'm starting to understand how it works!

 

[Krazete]

oh, i see now. thank you, i'm starting to understand how it works!

[update 2]
checked my site code and saw detail / 0x9b, so i had it inverted. my bad.
(9b is 155 in hexadecimal)

don't add 100. add 155.

[original raw] vs [translucent areas +100] vs [translucent areas +155]

the difference is more noticeable now.
it'd be even better if you could scale the brightness to fit in the 0x9b-0xff range instead of just adding 0x9b.
but that's complicated. just adding is good enough.

 

[yixtu_qu]

If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[yixtu_qu]

This is a sprite my friend made. He doesn't have an account on this forum, so he asked me to post it.
If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[minolovesrice]

I hope I did great this time! (if there’s any errors please let me know!!)

 

[yixtu_qu]

If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[yixtu_qu]

My friends will probably often ask me to post their sprite
If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[minolovesrice]

I’m so proud of this one (if there’s any errors, please let me know!)

 

[meruring]

Я сделал это! (если будут ошибки, дайте мне знать. пример в формате jpg, поскольку я не нашел png)

 

[Krazete]

I’m so proud of this one (if there’s any errors, please let me know!)

the different teeth lines make the result look kinda strange
you can check how it looks on the website

also don't use pure black in your color map, it'll be counted as a background color (invisible)

update: using pure black #000000 in area.png should no longer be an issue

 

[yixtu_qu]

If there are any errors please let me know.

 

[yixtu_qu]

If there are any errors please let me know.