graphic problems

Sometimes when I use graphics converter to make pictures my computer(I call him Little Eddie) :laugh: thinks that its an animation and wont let me put it on the ground. PLEASE HELP ME AND TELL ME IF I MISPELLED ANYTHING!!!

Lt. Morgan, on Oct 31 2004, 01:25 PM, said:

Sometimes when I use graphics converter to make pictures my computer thinks that its an animation and wont let me put it on the ground. PLEASE HELP ME AND TELL ME IF I MISPELLED ANYTHING!!!

Welcome to the boards, Lt. Morgan, we are pleased to have new members here.

Coldstone only likes certain graphics. 1) They must be 72 pixels per inch. 2) They should be 16 bit (32768 colors) 3) PCT is prefered format, PNG works well, JPG is less liked, BMP and all others are to be avoided.

I don't understand why you think that your computer thinks they are animations, because animations can be placed on the ground too. You will have to tell us what is happening for us to try to help with that one.

Now to your last request. Please avoid the caps-lock key. This is a small room and we don't need to shout in either the topic title or the body of the thread. Since you asked, your spelling corrections are in italics, "Sometimes when I use Graphics Converter to make pictures my computer thinks that it's an animation and won't let me put it on the ground. Please help me and tell me if I misspelled anything!" ~RD

(Edit: RD, we can edit topic titles now. Witness above ^_^ -Andiyar /Edit)

Ok, thank you.

I did the 72 pix thing, the 16 inch do-when, and it already was PCT. When I try to place the picture, in this case a table, my computer says" Invalid auto create tool. No animation found." Sorry about yelling, lets all use or inside voices now. :laugh:

We should also use the edit button too, especially as those are within 15 minutes of each other. Anyway, where exactly are you trying to place this anyway? In the ground layer of a map? On a layer? Could you give us a screenshot of the error perhaps?

You can't fill with an animation. Maybe you forgot the small ".pct/.png/etc"? If you did, coldstone will think your picture is an animation.

As Ledorax said, make sure you have the .pct written, such as: whateverthenameofyourpictis.pct. Also, place the graphic, as a "layer", not "ground." Taking a look at the manual might be helpful if you haven't already.

I fixed the problem. All I had to do was restart my computer. Give me some slack, I'm only 12 years old.

I ran into another problem, I dont have a very good pic creator. I'm using graphics converter but it does not have a way to make the picture bigger after I have made it. Does anybody know where I can find a manual/ tutorial for Coldstone?

Lt. Morgan, on Nov 1 2004, 07:39 PM, said:

I'm using graphics converter but it does not have a way to make the picture bigger after I have made it.

With Graphic Converter, click and hold the % arrow to the left below the picture. Now slide down to "View as Proportional" and you will get a box where you can adjust the size to whatever you want. If you want your picture to be 8% larger, type 108 in the box. Now copy this larger image to your clipboard and paste it onto a new frame which you get by selecting "New -> image" from the file menu. You now have your picture made bigger.

Lt. Morgan, on Nov 1 2004, 07:39 PM, said:

Does anybody know where I can find a manual/ tutorial for Coldstone?

Open your Coldstone folder. Inside you will find a folder called "Docs" with a question mark (?) on it. Inside this are three pdf files, Coldstone Game Tutorial, Coldstone Plugin Tutorial, and Coldstone User Manual. They may not be the easiest to follow, but they do contain a lot of information. Please read them. If you don't understand something in there, we will try to help.

Rubber Ducky, on Nov 2 2004, 02:43 PM, said:

With Graphic Converter, click and hold the % arrow to the left below the picture. Now slide down to "View as Proportional" and you will get a box where you can adjust the size to whatever you want. If you want your picture to be 8% larger, type 108 in the box. Now copy this larger image to your clipboard and paste it onto a new frame which you get by selecting "New -> image" from the file menu. You now have your picture made bigger.
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It's simpler to just scale the picture. With the image open. go to the Picture menu, select Size> Scale. Here you can scale up or down based on pixels, or based on percentage. You can also scale proportionally, or nonproportionally (one axis at a time) if you prefer.

Keyboard shortcut is Control-Command-Y

-Andiyar

Tarnćlion Andiyarus, on Nov 2 2004, 06:32 AM, said:

It's simpler to just scale the picture.

You are right. That is easier to do your way. With either method, one can keep the original size unaltered by using the "save as....." feature if there is any need to do so.

Actually, I find GraphicConverter to be best for just what its name is. That is, converting graphics. I usually draw the images in some other program which may have more tools, and then drop the image into GC to edit and adjust.

Lt. Morgan, on Nov 1 2004, 07:33 PM, said:

Give me some slack, I'm only 12 years old.
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I don't think that anyone was making things tight for you. We simply tried to help you. :huh: Hope things work out for you.