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For the macintosh, this port of the the Gimp to a cocoa-based gui is recommended. | For the macintosh, this port of the the Gimp to a cocoa-based gui is recommended. | ||
* http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ | * http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ | ||
For the macintosh, the OpenSword Group's "Pixen" is a great tool for traditional SNES style sprite art - unlike most other editors, it has been designed for that specific task. This program was written in cocoa, the best and truly native mac gui, and its interface creams any of the other programs listed here - version 3 will even include built-in support for making animations. | |||
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=== Shareware Image Editors === | === Shareware Image Editors === | ||
Revision as of 03:04, 1 November 2005
Free Image Editors
The following are free image editing programs which can be used to create graphics for wesnoth. These programs are Open-Source Software, like wesnoth, meaning they are free to use, and that you are free to look at the sourcecode.
For windows and linux, the program known as "The Gimp"; the "Gnu Image Manipulation Program" is recommended.
For the macintosh, this port of the the Gimp to a cocoa-based gui is recommended.
For the macintosh, the OpenSword Group's "Pixen" is a great tool for traditional SNES style sprite art - unlike most other editors, it has been designed for that specific task. This program was written in cocoa, the best and truly native mac gui, and its interface creams any of the other programs listed here - version 3 will even include built-in support for making animations.
For the macintosh, Lemkesoft's GraphicConverter is an excellent program for preparing and compressing png images for the game, and may also be useful for the creation of images. The shareware fee is $30, although large parts of the program are fully functional for free.