Promotion Icon Template for 64, 45, 32?

[Enginseer]

I am unable to find an icon template that is blank and has a mask to allow me to place them in the correct position without having a white background.

 

[AW Arcaeca]

Something like this (size 256, so just resize before use)?

 

[Enginseer]

But it has to be blank like basically these:

 

[AW Arcaeca]

...so what would you call the icon I gave you?

 

[Enginseer]

The 256 icon most likely used for civilopedia but not used in the Unit Overview.

 

[Nutty]

If I understand your question, you can use the regular icon template so you know where to place all of your icons, then hide all of the layers you don't need, including the background.

 

[Enginseer]

If I understand your question, you can use the regular icon template so you know where to place all of your icons, then hide all of the layers you don't need, including the background.

How would I do that? I'm very pessimistic about GIMP.

 

[Nutty]

You might try Paint.NET (free) if you don't like Gimp. I use Photoshop mainly, so haven't used either of those much.

Anyway, it looks like Gimp is similar to Photoshop in that you just unclick the eye icon to the left of the layer you want to hide. In Gimp, the Layers panel is in the top right by default.

Google is your friend.

 

[AW Arcaeca]

I'm very pessimistic about GIMP.

GIMP is love. GIMP is life. Praise GIMP; easier to use than PS, uses less disk space and CPU than PS, costs WAY less than PS, hail GIMP.

 

[Klisz]

Anyway, it looks like Gimp is similar to Photoshop in that you just unclick the eye icon to the left of the layer you want to hide. In Gimp, the Layers panel is in the top right by default.

One problem, though: GIMP's DDS plugin is... not the best, and exports even layers that are hidden. You'll need to temporarily delete the layer, and then undo the deletion after you export if you want to keep it there. Frankly, although I prefer GIMP for most cases, Paint.NET is much better at DDS.

 

[Enginseer]

One problem, though: GIMP's DDS plugin is... not the best, and exports even layers that are hidden. You'll need to temporarily delete the layer, and then undo the deletion after you export if you want to keep it there. Frankly, although I prefer GIMP for most cases, Paint.NET is much better at DDS.

Paint.NET DDS guide, anyone might recommend? Or is it similar to the GIMP guide?

 

[Craig_Sutter]

I use gimp and the dds plugin... move to paint.net just for size 45 compession. Both are free and work well together.