The maximum and only height for backgrounds is 480 pixel. This is hard coded in the Pekka Kana 2 source code. Now create a new image, the width will always be 640, not one pixel smaller or bigger. Download these files here.Īfter download them, extract them and places them here: - your gimp install folder-\share\gimp\2.0\palettes. I have extracted most of the games palettes and converted them to the Gimp palette format. ![]() You will also need one or more palette(s). This should be the same for all versions, though. This tutorial will be specific to Gimp, download the latest version here. I'd recommend reading this, to better understand how the palette works! After this tutorial you will be able to create custom backgrounds and sprite graphics!īefore we start, The Evil One has an interesting write up about the color palette, right here. There click on the button for the palette and choose the previously saved one.In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create custom graphics for Pekka Kana 2. For this, go to the menu option Colors -> Map -> Set color map…. When done, set a name and save it.:Īnd now the final step: assign the new palette as colormap of the image. Double clicking in the colors we can edit them, so one by one we assign new colors as per the table above. After the duplication, I like to reduce the number of colums of the palette to 4, so is easier to work with (not sure performancewise). NOTE: Actually, duplicate is not really needed, you can prepare a 4 color palette and directly apply it as new colormap, but this way we know exactly which color assign per palette position making it easier to achive something we like. For this, we need to locate the image color map in the palette dialog box.Ĭlick on the duplicate button (so we can edit it). The next step is to duplicate the palette so we can edit it matching the image. As this is just a sample, I will skip that part. ![]() This can be a good point to adjust the image. You should see a dialog box as below:īe sure of choosing the Generate optimum palette option and restrict it to 4 colors. So let’s open the image in GIMP, and let’s transform it with Image -> Mode -> Indexed…. For that, I leave that for the official GIMP’s page. The first step, of course, is installing GIMP. I have chosen the clasical magenta-cyan-white convination and here are the HEX codes for the colors I used: COLOR Change the colormap of the image to the palette we have created.Edit the palette to match the CGA colors.Change the mode of the image to indexed, best match, 4 colors.Install GIMP, if not done yet (Not covered here).To achieve this goal, we will follow the following steps: For a change, instead of using my profile picture, I am picking a picture taken from Magic Haarlem Day 1, posted recently. If you are interested in the techniques, let’s get started.įor this tutorial we are going to need GIMP and an image. ![]() For more information about the Color Graphics Adapter, you can visit Wikipedia here. But this post is not about the CGA adapter, but is a kind of tutorial of the steps I followed transforming my profile picture in CGA. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it and like the style and the state of the art of that times which it represents, but in my daily life give me 4K and full color modes. ![]() The higher the threshold the more similar colors are included. As can be seen in the logo of this page, I have some nostalgia about this. Add a transparent layer if not yet present ( Layers > Transparency > Add Alpha Channel) Clear ( Edit > Clear or Del) the selected color to make it transparent: ShirleyTemple it is what the tools option for Gimp 'select by color' lets you choose. Start by uploading an image to Fotor, and then click the eyedropper icon in the top toolbar to open the color picker tool. The other mode I have met was black, red, dark yellow/brown and green. The clasical mode comprises black, cyan, magenta and white and has become a legend. We were all stunt with the “new” 4 color modes. Till the day all changed: someone brought a PC that was CGA capable. When I was a kid, I took a couple of computer courses and, on those days, all was green phosphorus monitors or gray scale ones.
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