[atari7800] Re: How do you create your graphics?

Has anyone tried using that ST based 7800 Graphics & Animation tool I posted up last year? It was created by the author of Super Stunt Cycle and used to create the graphics for that game. 


Curt


Dennis Debro wrote:

Hi there,

There has got to be an easier less time consuming way of doing these
graphics. I'm doing them by hand and it's taking forever!

1) I'm mapping out how I want them to look using a typical method I use
for 2600 development. I set up a grid that's 8 bytes long (16 for the case
of my 7800 graphics) and plug "X"s in spaces so I can "see" how it looks.
2) Then I'm taking that and assigning colors to them. So for 160x2 I'm
assigning numbers 1-3 to these "X"s to specify a color.
3) Lastly I convert these to HEX number representation.

Doing graphics this way is a pain! If I ever wanted to update or change
them you can believe it will be such a headache that I would leave them
the way I originally had them.

I know I must be the only one doing this. How are you all doing your
graphics? Is there a tool available I don't know about? Maybe your
technique will get me away from the hammer and chisel method I'm using.

Take care,
Dennis

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