[Update][All Systems] Lots of tutorials in 1

[Assi]

NEW Tutorials

These tutorials are effects not spriting tutorials

Hey people. This is a tutorial pack containing alot of tutorials. Every small tutorial I make will be in here so check occasionally for a new tutorial.
You will need Paint.NET for this.
Small tip: Save all files as .PNG

Tutorial for Making the sprite fast Motion ( I think):

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Step one: Open up Paint.NET and open up your sprite.
Step two: go to Effects > Blurs > Motion Blur ...
Step three: Put a Low distance and any angle you like. I will pick Distance 10. And Angle 90.00.
Step 4: Save the picture and you have complete.

Note: This requires BIG editing, all you got to do is make the Height longer and make the sprites in right order. And save it as $sprite (you don't need to call it sprite you just got to put $ in the beginning).

Tutorial for making the sprite in pencil like (Sketched).

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Step one: Open up Paint.NET and open up your sprite.
Step two: Go to Effects > Artistic > Pencil Sketch ...
Step three: Pick Whatever Pencil tip size and Range that you like.
I will pick: Pencil tip Size: 2. Range: 10] (Range 20 Looks best for sketch type games).
Step 4: Save the picture and you have complete.
Step 5: (VX/XP only: There will probably be an outline glow so just Put that as transparent (Right click) from the resource manager when you import.

Tutorial for making sprite black and white (Easiest LOL)

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Step one: Open up Paint.NET and open up your sprite.
Step two: Go to Adjustments > Black and white ...
Step three: Save the picture and you have complete!

Tutorial for making sprite more realistic

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Step one: Open up Paint.NET and open up your sprite.
Step two: Go to Effects > Photo > Glow ...
Step three: do what ever radius/brightness/contrast you want. But to make it realistic in my way put it:
Radius: 1
Brightness: -100
Contrast: 100
Step four: Click OK, then save your sprite and you're done!
Click Spoiler below to see the Sprite (And Compare it with the original).

Compare Glow and Original :

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GLOW
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NON GLOW (ORIGINAL)

Tutorial for making sprite darker (Night)

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Step 1: Open up Paint.NET and your sprite
Step 2: Click on Adjustments > Curves
Step 3: There will be a line make it go in the 170 - 100 for best results (Or move the line around to make something better)
Step 4: Once its complete it should look a little something like this.

May require some editing for different sprites
In gameplay:

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Tutorial to make art-characters

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Step 1: Open up Paint.NET and your sprite.
Step 2: Click Effects > Artistic > Oil Painting
Step 3: Put the Brush Size and Coarseness to anything that would look good I will put it to:
Brush Size: 1 (They will be normal Sized)
Coarseness: 255 (You'll be able to see the sprite then)
Step 4: Save as .PNG and you're done. It should look like this when finished

In Action:

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Tutorial for either blurring out a character or mixing!

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I was messin' with Paint.NET and this came up! I think this is awesome!
Step 1: Open up Paint.NET and your sprite
Step 2: Go to Effects > Fragment
Step 3: Don't change the top, just change the Distance
Step 4: Put it to atleast 48 to mix a sprite. If you want to blur out a character just keep putting up by 2's and saving it each time (TO BLUR IT OUT ONLY)
Step 4: when finished it should look like this:


Study the picture*

More will be coming soon.
Note: If you think that these are all obvious and you could of done them without looking at this tutorial, this is for people who have never tried spriting and this can show them what they can do. So think the question again.

Hmm, Why not rate your favorite tutorial out of all these?

[Greelinator]

Highly recommend any new spriter to use these. Can't say I use them myself, but using logic and from seeing Assi do it first hand, I can say they work.

[Paradelous]

Wow, those actually look very useful, the last one looks like I can use that in a underwater type of set. A swimming tile even.

[Assi]

Yea damn right Paradelous! Don't forget to tint screen or change Hue to blue

[Paradelous]

Now if only you could sprite out charasets to swim haha. Will VX read the colors like that even if it's blurred?

[Assi]

Not sure.
But if you are going to make someone swim you will actually have to make a swimming sprite; Cause it will look really weird to make someone walk in water while their body is blue.

[Paradelous]

They're water walkers...I just made up something awesome. I claim this! Can't use it, too late. Mine. haha

[Assi]

Ah, good idea I should have thought of that. Well, all you gotta do is make their speed alot lower and you got your own Water-Walker! Unless it gives same speed.