User talk:Gaz

Welcome to PidgiWiki, Gaz! PidgiWiki is the video game media repository. Feel free to use any images that you find here, and help to upload more!

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Da braviary (talk) 18:08, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Re: Image transparency

Hey Gaz! I saw your question on Da braviary's talk page, and I'm pretty sure I can answer your question, or at least sort of. If you're talking about modifying an image to give it transparency and upload it onto PidgiWiki, I'd politely ask you not to. Why? PidgiWiki is a collection of video game artwork that aims to get the most original versions of images as possible. This means the least amount of editing done. While there might be a version of an image without a background, if we don't have that version, we use the best we have and don't try to modify it.

On the flip side, if you just meant in general and not for upload to PidgiWiki, that's a completely different story. I use Paint.NET as my main image editor, as does Da braviary, so I don't know if either of us can give you a GIMP tutorial. Thank you!--immewnity (talk) 03:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Well could you please tell me how to do it in Paint.NET then? I also was wondering how YoshiKong found these transparent DK Jungle Beat artwork images, because I didn't know transparency was supported on images in 2004. I'd like it if you could give me information on both. Thanks. Gaz (talk) 19:12, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

With Paint.NET, it's all about managing the tolerance of the Magic Wand tool. I also like using a plugin called AA's Assistant.

Regarding the image YoshiKong uploaded, I think those came from a press site, though they may have been from a press CD. We have some images with transparency support from at least 1998, but transparent images definitely existed well before then.--immewnity (talk) 23:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC)