Tutorial: Beginners Walkthrough (MS Paint)

**TrevOwnz** · 06-11-2007, 07:41 PM

If you don't have photoshop or don't understand gimp.
WARNING..WARNING..IF YOU CANT FIGURE THIS OUT, THERE IS NO HOPE!

If this doesn't help I'm sorry. This is some of the things
i used to make my paint boxes when i started out.

Play with it for a little while until you get the hang of it.

Here is a video that shows how i make a box in paint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQqzKu0CRU

**IceFox** · 06-22-2007, 03:54 PM

Excellent tutorial. While limited in features, Paint can be an insanely powerful tool if you know what your doing and have patience.

**Lodovicok** · 06-23-2007, 01:24 AM

Cool. But it looks like it takes ages to make something good.

**KOF** · 06-23-2007, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lodovicok

Cool. But it looks like it takes ages to make something good.

Lol , exactly that - never use Paint

**TrevOwnz** · 06-23-2007, 01:36 PM

KOF people can do amazing things with paint, don't think its all bad, the front image on both my first 2 boxes where made in paint then moved onto photoshop for a 3D look.

watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19kqoG5LpLg.

**Themanslayer009** · 08-21-2007, 04:05 PM

hey guys i dont know but i got photoshop cs2 free no trial from a serial key generator

**Ghoul 56** · 08-27-2009, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by TrevOwnz

KOF people can do amazing things with paint, don't think its all bad, the front image on both my first 2 boxes where made in paint then moved onto photoshop for a 3D look.

watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19kqoG5LpLg.

I think this is done with a custom mousepad...
I've got one too, you can control your cursor with a pen on a tablet.
If you place a picture on it you can actually recreate it in paint. The rest is colouring work...

**Tikicobra** · 09-07-2007, 09:09 PM

Ummm... I have a question... it says my boxes can't be "bmp" and all of my boxes are. How can I help that?

**KoopaDasher** · 09-07-2007, 09:17 PM

I don't want to hear anyone complain about Paint. If. you want to, watch this first.

**TrevOwnz** · 09-11-2007, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tikicobra

Ummm... I have a question... it says my boxes can't be "bmp" and all of my boxes are. How can I help that?

Sorry for the late reply but if your problem is still happening just send me a IM or you can also upload the image on tinypic.com and open the image 100% and right click and save as a JPEG. i think that might work.

**samusaran77** · 09-19-2007, 01:33 PM

can someone tel me where i can fine the template for making the boxarts?

**Tucker1140** · 04-26-2009, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by samusaran77

can someone tel me where i can fine the template for making the boxarts?

.... Seriously...

**Geno** · 04-26-2009, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tucker1140

.... Seriously...

**eyebrowman** · 01-03-2009, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Tikicobra

Ummm... I have a question... it says my boxes can't be "bmp" and all of my boxes are. How can I help that?

ok when you are saving your picture type .jpg after it. (if your picture is titled dog then it will be dog.jpg) it will appear on the desktop in that codec, manner, way, im not sure what to call it. if it says dog.bmp you have to erase .bmp and put .jpg or whatever file type you want it to be

**Maximum** · 01-03-2009, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by eyebrowman

ok when you are saving your picture type .jpg after it. (if your picture is titled dog then it will be dog.jpg) it will appear on the desktop in that codec, manner, way, im not sure what to call it. if it says dog.bmp you have to erase .bmp and put .jpg or whatever file type you want it to be

That was posted well over a year ago >_<

**Vegeta1056** · 02-04-2009, 11:51 AM

I couldn't find out how to do it. Whenever I got the box the part that was supposed to white was always black. I use Picture It now.

**samusaran77** · 09-19-2007, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by TrevOwnz

For you people that don't have photoshop and for some reason don't have gimp or cant figure it out....this is a paint walk threw.

WARNING..WARNING..IF YOU CANT FIGURE THIS OUT, THERE IS NO HOPE!

(Click image)

I tried to help and if this doesn't I'm sorry, these are the steps i used to make my ranger and force unleashed boxes. not the template and reflection just the image itself.

Play with it for a little while until you get the hang of it.

(this is a vid of some of the things i was talking about above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQqzKu0CRU)

Hey umm can u tel me wat the program is to make boxarts? please??????

**samusaran77** · 09-20-2007, 08:17 AM

thx man u were a real help but still dont get where u get those kinds of pictures to fit inside the game box template can u reply with a url please man????????????

**TrevOwnz** · 09-20-2007, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by samusaran77

Hey umm can u tel me wat the program is to make boxarts? please??????

Please fix your post and remove the image.

It says at the top and on the video that it is MS paint but if this doesn't make it clean on how to make a box then please don't use paint and use gimp or photoshop.

**JAMMY-D** · 10-11-2007, 10:40 AM

heya im new to box art, and i wanted to make a Army of two box fing but im having a great deal of problems. when i get a template, i try and put a picture in but it always goes blurry. would you realy need Photo shop to make realy good box's? and if you are wondering wat software im using its ms paint

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