06-02-2014, 10:31 AM
To some degree this is something I've been manually doing as I go anyway. There are a huge number of icons that this simply won't work on though, and it's actually going to be easier to just simply go in and do it all manually.
Your double size point brings up a number of problems too - while it's possible to double size some things on some games, it's not always possible on everything. You double that size on only some things, and you get a messy page. Something we already have on tSR, and that I'm trying to look to fix with this new system. There are already a few which have slipped through which don't follow the style of the rest in the game, but they're easy enough to replace that it isn't too big a deal once I notice it.
You'll notice that I've already made some 700 icons in a single day - this is through batch scripting sheets by setting up macro keys that duplicate the layer, delete the old layer (required for transparency), crop, delete top left colour, trim all empty pixels, set canvas size to icon size, and then save. The only manual part is selecting the sprite to make into an icon.
For things like backgrounds that take up the whole icon size, I've got it set to simply crop and save, and I set the selection tool to a set size of 148x125.
I then have these attached to F keys, along with some other handy things that I sometimes use.
It's a good idea, but it can leave a lot of problems that can only be fixed by human intervention, and probably cause more work overall. A tool to trim sprites from icons though could be handy, as there are some which are of use still and I myself have even used.
Your double size point brings up a number of problems too - while it's possible to double size some things on some games, it's not always possible on everything. You double that size on only some things, and you get a messy page. Something we already have on tSR, and that I'm trying to look to fix with this new system. There are already a few which have slipped through which don't follow the style of the rest in the game, but they're easy enough to replace that it isn't too big a deal once I notice it.
You'll notice that I've already made some 700 icons in a single day - this is through batch scripting sheets by setting up macro keys that duplicate the layer, delete the old layer (required for transparency), crop, delete top left colour, trim all empty pixels, set canvas size to icon size, and then save. The only manual part is selecting the sprite to make into an icon.
For things like backgrounds that take up the whole icon size, I've got it set to simply crop and save, and I set the selection tool to a set size of 148x125.
I then have these attached to F keys, along with some other handy things that I sometimes use.
It's a good idea, but it can leave a lot of problems that can only be fixed by human intervention, and probably cause more work overall. A tool to trim sprites from icons though could be handy, as there are some which are of use still and I myself have even used.