PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

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blackjack25
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PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

#1 Post by blackjack25 »

When you add an image how do you make it so the backround of the character dose not show up. (im talking about the blank white space behind them)

Example: In the sample game "the_question" when the picture of sylvie shows up it shows only her not the color of the backround behind her. I mean when I go to paint with the same image is show she has a black backround.

If anyone can understand my question could you plz help me.

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#2 Post by lordcloudx »

You need to make the image transparent using a photo editing program like Gimp or Photoshop. You'll have to do this manually if your image already has a white background and then save it in PNG format. Jpeg and BMP don't support transparencies

Like so: (transparent background)
Image

As opposed to this (white background)
renpiethon2.png
You'll have to use another photo editor. If you're using MS Paint, I don't think it supports transparencies.
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Re: PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

#3 Post by Ghurdrich »

Yeah, you'll just need to use another editor. Photoshop, or really anything better than MS Paint usually supports transparencies.

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#4 Post by Quadratic »

You can either save it as a PNG or a GIF, both seem to work. I prefer GIFs though, as they can do animations. =w=

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Re: PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

#5 Post by Wintermoon »

Gif animations are not supported in Ren'Py (or weren't the last time I checked), and png significant advantages over gif, the big ones being more colors and a full alpha channel (i.e. variable transparency).

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