Paint.NET - TheShubham99/Terasology GitHub Wiki

Software Name: Paint.NET

Category: Art

Website Link: http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

GitHub Link: https://github.com/rivy/OpenPDN

Description: Paint.NET is an image editing software which can be used to edit a variety of image files such as PNGs, JPGs, and BMPs. Paint.NET is best known for having a simple, yet effective interface, as well as having good performance. For Tersaology's case, Paint.NET can be used to create PNG images for the game's graphics.

Instructions for Usage: The following links are good places for learning how to utilize Paint.NET

• Official Paint.NET Tutorials: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/forum/18-tutorials-publishing-only/
• Simple Manual Provided by University of Bradford: http://www.brad.ac.uk/elearning/software/paintdotnet/documents/pn_tutorial.pdf
• Youtube Video Tutorials: http://thefrugalcomputerguy.com/vtPaintDotNet.php

Adding your Design to the Game: For a tutorial on how to add your custom block or asset to the game, check out https://github.com/Terasology/TutorialAssetSystem/wiki!

How to Design a Texture for a Block:

• Open up Paint.NET (If you don't see the color windows (bottom-left), press F8)

• In the Toolbar, under 'Image', select 'Resize'

• Make the Width and Height both 600 pixels (if values are changing randomly, uncheck 'Maintain aspect ratio')

• Draw your texture (You can just the Paint Bucket tool to fill and the Polygon tool to create shapes)

• After you've finished, go back to 'Resize' and with the 'Maintain aspect ratio' checked, make the Width and Height 16 pixels and click 'Ok'

• Save your image and you're done!