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![[+] How to Recolor Sprites Empty](https://2img.net/i/fa/empty.gif) |  Subject: [+] How to Recolor Sprites Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:24 am | |
| Hello AVA users! Welcome to my first tutorial! Here I'm going to show you how to recolor sprites; something that is frequently requested. Now you can do it yourself! It's actually very easy, and I'm going to show you how to do it with several popular programs. So get ready for your first step spriting! Program: PhotoshopClick on the spoiler to see how to recolor sprites using any version of Photoshop! - Spoiler:
Step 1: Open & Select your color!
Pick a sprite to recolor, and which color you want changed. You can either use a pallet for the colors, or pick them from another sprite. I am going to use a pallet to recolor the RTP witch/magician.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites DE8WV](https://i.imgur.com/dE8WV.png)
Let's make her hat lighter instead of that purple/black color. Sometimes changing a color to the entirely opposite one will give the sprite a new mood. So have your sprite picture open, and your pallet (or sprite that you want to swap the colors with).
Step 2: Color Selection with the Magic Wand
Photoshop has a really useful tool for selecting colors. Go ahead and select the Magic Wand (![[+] How to Recolor Sprites Photoshop-magic-wand](https://2img.net/h/www.atpm.com/12.12/images/photoshop-magic-wand.png) ) and look near the top of your screen. There should be a bar that lets you adjust the settings. Set them like this:
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites NpYiq](https://i.imgur.com/npYiq.png)
Tolerance must be 0 so it will not highlight any similar colors at one time. It will only highlight the same exact color. Unchecking "Contiguous" will make it highlight all of the color in the entire picture, rather than just the spot you selected. It'll make sense in a second!
Click on the lightest shade of the color you want to change. In most cases, there are 5 shades for each color.If you are a little color blind, try starting with the darkest color. This has been known to work better for you! When you click the lightest color, a blinking box should appear, like this!
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites HJtEK](https://i.imgur.com/HJtEK.png)
(As you can see, I decided to zoom in so I can see it better!)
Step 3: Recolor Selection with the Eyedropper
Now go to the tab with your pallet or sprite. You'll want to use the Eyedropper (![[+] How to Recolor Sprites Photoshop-eyedropper](https://2img.net/h/www.atpm.com/12.12/images/photoshop-eyedropper.png) ). You do not have to make adjustments to the settings with this tool. Simply click on the lightest shade of the new color you want to replace the old one with. This will copy the color so we can use it in our next step!
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites QIPCb](https://i.imgur.com/QIPCb.png)
Step 4: Recoloring with the Paint Bucket
Alright! Now lets go back to our sprite, where our selection should still be in that blinking box. Select the Paint Bucket (![[+] How to Recolor Sprites Photoshop-paint-bucket](https://2img.net/h/www.atpm.com/12.12/images/photoshop-paint-bucket.png) ) and adjust the settings just like the Magic Wand. Tolerance "0" and uncheck "Contiguous". You'll only need to adjust these settings one time. Isn't that a relief?
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites VWPCP](https://i.imgur.com/vWPCP.png)
And now the process begins! Click anywhere inside the blinking box to paint it the color you copied.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites C3T7u](https://i.imgur.com/c3T7u.png)
(That looks a little weird, huh?)
Step 5 : Repeat!
Now all you have to do is repeat these steps for every shade! Just for good measure, I'll guide you through one more shade. Select the Magic Wand tool again and click on the second shade. It is usually touching the previous shade you selected.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites JUwKP](https://i.imgur.com/JUwKP.png)
Now go back to your pallet and select the second shade with the Eyedropper again.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites TB2wz](https://i.imgur.com/TB2wz.png)
And then go back to your sprite and use the Paint Bucket to paste the color in your selection.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites M0p1E](https://i.imgur.com/M0p1E.png)
Finish!
Keep replacing the colors until you reach the darkest shade.
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites RO2gX](https://i.imgur.com/rO2gX.png)
And there it is! You can do this with any color and any part of the sprite. You can go on a recolor spree and change the entire sprite!
![[+] How to Recolor Sprites Udilp](https://i.imgur.com/Udilp.png)
(She's cute, right? ^_^ She almost doesn't even look like a witch!)
Program: GimpComing next! |
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| | Subject: Re: [+] How to Recolor Sprites Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:11 am | |
| I did each individual pixel at first. Luckily I changed over to Paint.Net pretty quickly, and learned the wonders of holding shift!  Fun Fact: I am slightly colorblind, so I always work with the darkest color first when filling in sprites, then work my way to the lightest color. |
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| | Subject: Re: [+] How to Recolor Sprites Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:08 am | |
| I use paint, and I usually remove all color from the section I want to recolor and start that part over from scratch. (I'm RGB colorblind though, so I don't recolor often <_<)
@LadyLeilani You're colorblind too? That's weird, women can't be colorblind by birth. Did you get a concussion in your lifetime or something? |
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| | Subject: Re: [+] How to Recolor Sprites Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:22 am | |
| @Blackmuffin: I was born that way; women can also be colorblind, but it's extremely rare. Basically I have slight red-green color blindness; in order for that to happen my father had to have been colorblind and my mom having the gene as a carrier thanks to her father. I must have gotten the short end of the stick because that's exactly what happened for me. It's like my mom set out to find someone who was colorblind to play God I have a sister who isn't colorblind at all. I'm just thankful I couldn't have gotten pure color blindness that would turn everything in my life to gray-scale... Oh! And sorry for going like way-way off topic xD |
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