12-26-2010, 11:37 AM
i thought merchandising would be a good idea. Wait, hear me out: i mean things like mouse pointers/cursor sets, icons, signatures that are free to copy. Last night i got me a torrent copy of the mint-fresh preview release of Xonotic, seeded a bit and started working on the cursors. (i don't know why yes i am weird shut up already.)
i won't be able to finish anytime soon, since i have a lot of work to do, currently, but i wanted to encourage others to follow my footsteps and slip in my shoes. i will leave my shoes here by the exit.
4m's "shoes":
Preparation of the alpha-blended PNG's in the GIMP:
First, prepare a new folder and copy the cursor and crosshair JPG's that have alpha in their filenames. Open the JPG files in the GIMP and create a Layer > Mask of the greyscale copy of the layer and apply the mask (you may need to invert the mask, first). Save as PNG.
The rest depends on what system You're on and what system you intend to create the cursors/mouse pointers for.
If you work on Windows i recommend RealWorld Cursor Editor. It creates cursors for Windows XP and above.
On Linux there's Gursor Maker, which creates mouse pointers for X11.
i haven't attempted creating Linux mouse pointers on Windows or creating Windows cursors on Linux, yet. Feel free to try the RealWorld Cursor Editor in WINE, if you're on Linux. Dunno what else is available.
i won't be able to finish anytime soon, since i have a lot of work to do, currently, but i wanted to encourage others to follow my footsteps and slip in my shoes. i will leave my shoes here by the exit.
4m's "shoes":
Preparation of the alpha-blended PNG's in the GIMP:
First, prepare a new folder and copy the cursor and crosshair JPG's that have alpha in their filenames. Open the JPG files in the GIMP and create a Layer > Mask of the greyscale copy of the layer and apply the mask (you may need to invert the mask, first). Save as PNG.
The rest depends on what system You're on and what system you intend to create the cursors/mouse pointers for.
If you work on Windows i recommend RealWorld Cursor Editor. It creates cursors for Windows XP and above.
On Linux there's Gursor Maker, which creates mouse pointers for X11.
i haven't attempted creating Linux mouse pointers on Windows or creating Windows cursors on Linux, yet. Feel free to try the RealWorld Cursor Editor in WINE, if you're on Linux. Dunno what else is available.
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