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So, based on suggestions I've been given here, I'm trying to make my sprites larger.

They are currently about 2000 px high.

Each sprite file contains a multitude of layers, with outfits and expression changes.

This is my current process:

- I am coding scene by scene in RenPy
- I've tried to have all my assets done before hand, but realize there are several expressions I didn't foresee
- I go back to the image file and create another layer(s) for the new expression
- I save
- I create a selection rectangle that is exactly like the previous one I had (I've reenter the dimensions of the pixels), in order to crop appropriately at the waist
- I scale the image down to another set of dimensions I've written down some where
- I export to .png
- I don't save, because I'll need the larger file for most likely another expression in the future

Repeat for each new expression I come across. For some reason, all the expressions I thought I needed were ones I don't really need, and the new ones are far subtler than I anticipated.

Any insight about how you organize/crop your sprites is appreciated. If it matters, I'm using GIMP (not the new version 2.8, which is not currently available for Mac.)

Thank you!!!

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I always draw head-toe figures and just export layers without cropping.
One sprite has 5 layers: body, cloth, eyes&eyebrows, mouth, blush&tears.
Then composite them lively while running the game. code is like:

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Thank you nyaatrap! I'm looking into live compositing now...I feel like it will save me a lot of time in the long run!!!

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Yes... Thank you for the code as well. It'll help move a couple of projects along.

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