11.08.2009, 17:05
Almost any software made for drawing is good, I personally like GIMP best, you can get it for free off their website and its legal. 
Pretty much like photoshop.
Then you need to find any tutorials or anything on the internet, let me give you some tips:
1. Before you start change the picture (usually Void.bmp) mode or what ever it is to RGB, so it can handle transparency.
2. Set the first layers (the one with panel lines) white color transparent.
3. Make new layers under the first one with panel lines and draw on them so that you don't go over the panel lines.
4. When you're done editing, marge all the layers into one, remove the alpha channel (transperency) and change the mode back to Index.
5. You can change the mode back In the program you used to draw it or go to Mission4Today and find a program called Bright, that thing changes the mode without almost any loss of detail. (You will see that the program can't make it as nice when you change the mode to Index)
6. Then just save the picture as a .bmp (If you're making noseart make sure there are no spaces in the name, I think it won't show the picture in game if there are spaces)
Thats about it, now you just need to experiment a little in the program you use.
You can get GIMP here or here.
Hope this helps. :wink:
P.S.
You can get Bright and a tutorial for it here.
Pretty much like photoshop.
Then you need to find any tutorials or anything on the internet, let me give you some tips:
1. Before you start change the picture (usually Void.bmp) mode or what ever it is to RGB, so it can handle transparency.
2. Set the first layers (the one with panel lines) white color transparent.
3. Make new layers under the first one with panel lines and draw on them so that you don't go over the panel lines.
4. When you're done editing, marge all the layers into one, remove the alpha channel (transperency) and change the mode back to Index.
5. You can change the mode back In the program you used to draw it or go to Mission4Today and find a program called Bright, that thing changes the mode without almost any loss of detail. (You will see that the program can't make it as nice when you change the mode to Index)
6. Then just save the picture as a .bmp (If you're making noseart make sure there are no spaces in the name, I think it won't show the picture in game if there are spaces)
Thats about it, now you just need to experiment a little in the program you use.
You can get GIMP here or here.
Hope this helps. :wink:
P.S.
You can get Bright and a tutorial for it here.