character gets distorted when he rotates

coulesycoulesy Member Posts: 3
in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
I've made my main actor 64x64 however when he rotates his edges become really jagged and he looks really bad. Is there a way or improving how he looks when he rotates?

thanks

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited February 2013
    Place a 1 pixel transparent boarder around the edge to force GS into anti-aliasing the edges.

    So basically in Photoshop (or whatever program you are using) shrink your actor down to 63x63 on a 64x64 canvas.

    (ignore the 2 pixel recommendation in my illustration, it only needs to be 1 pixel !!)

    image
  • MantoManto Member Posts: 796
    Place a 1 pixel transparent boarder around the edge to force GS into anti-aliasing the edges.

    So basically in Photoshop (or whatever program you are using) shrink your actor down to 63x63 on a 64x64 canvas.

    (ignore the 2 pixel recommendation in my illustration, it only needs to be 1 pixel !!)

    image
    The actor should probably be 62x62 on a 64x64 canvas to get a 1 pixel transparent border all around the actor.
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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited February 2013
    The actor should probably be 62x62 on a 64x64 canvas to get a 1 pixel transparent border all around the actor.
    Whoops ! Yes, I should have said a 62x62 pixel image (rather than 63x63) . . . so there is a 1 pixel transparent boarder around the edge on a 64x64 pixel canvas.

    I won't edit my original post, I will leave it there as penance for my mistake, it will bring shame on my family, humiliating shame, but deserved shame.
  • coulesycoulesy Member Posts: 3
    Great thanks I'll give that a go!
  • coulesycoulesy Member Posts: 3
    I tried what you said but it doesnt appear tohave worked.
    The actor is 64x64 png 24 with at least 1 pixel around the edge yet it still does this.

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/chickenu.jpg/

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/edgesl.jpg/
  • CORE GameCORE Game Member, PRO Posts: 280
    what is the image size ? is it 64x64 same as the actor ?

  • coulesycoulesy Member Posts: 3
    hi yes I've tried it all different ways. the character is 62x62 with a border which is 64 x 64. i've also tried having it at 128x128. It just seems to be an aliasing problem. Any ideas?
  • CORE GameCORE Game Member, PRO Posts: 280
    can you create a new project (just add the image and the box and rotate it..if it shows the same please zip it and send it here I will take a look.

  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

    Hi @coulesy I notice that the images you supplied as reference are jpeg. As well, @socks good advice refers to edges of rectangles only, not any pixels inside.

    So a couple of suggestions: make the image png when you export it out of your program; and depending which one you use, export to include transparency so you have a transparent background.

    Not saying it'll work, but you should get slightly better results, fingers crossed...

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