Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 16-1
.
Launch GIMP, and use File
Open to open the sprite1.png file
Click on the GIMP
Fuzzy Selection Tool
(icon looks like a sparkler or a magic
wand), which is shown selected (depressed, as in “sunk in,” not sad) in
Figure 16-2
.
Click on any area of the image that shows a
checkerboard pattern
, which always sig-
nifies
transparency
in any digital imaging software package, as well as many other
types of software, such as the game asset creation software packages from
CodeAndWeb GmbH, for instance. As you see, in
Figure 16-2
, you'll get an animated,
“crawling ants” outline around the transparent areas of the image, since the transparent
areas have just been selected by the Fuzzy Selection Tool algorithm, which selects
areas of
contiguous color values
.
