03-03-2012, 05:21 PM
It really depends on what console you're ripping from.
Personally I rip sprites from the Genesis (Mega Drive) and Nintendo DS. For the Genesis I just use the screenshotting technique, disabling layers with Gens-GS (which, btw, also gives proper palettes).
For the NDS, I also do screenshotting with DeSmuME, although there are tools like Tahaxan and Tinke (Google them) that can rip sprites from certain games. However not all games can be ripped like this, which is why a lot of people just go with screenshotting.
I agree that using a tool to extract images would be much easier than disabling layers, taking a screenshot, and editing in GIMP/Photoshop. But to be honest, once you get used to it it can be quite fun, and when you finally get that sheet uploaded it feels a hell of a lot like a job well done
But hey... say what console you're looking to rip from, others might know of some tools that'll make the job easier.
Personally I rip sprites from the Genesis (Mega Drive) and Nintendo DS. For the Genesis I just use the screenshotting technique, disabling layers with Gens-GS (which, btw, also gives proper palettes).
For the NDS, I also do screenshotting with DeSmuME, although there are tools like Tahaxan and Tinke (Google them) that can rip sprites from certain games. However not all games can be ripped like this, which is why a lot of people just go with screenshotting.
I agree that using a tool to extract images would be much easier than disabling layers, taking a screenshot, and editing in GIMP/Photoshop. But to be honest, once you get used to it it can be quite fun, and when you finally get that sheet uploaded it feels a hell of a lot like a job well done
But hey... say what console you're looking to rip from, others might know of some tools that'll make the job easier.