| RED ALERT 2 ONLINE GRAPHICS EDITING MANUAL |
| This is a manual that i made from all of my experiences of graphics editing for Red Alert 2 mods This isnt the only way to edit graphics for RA2 but these are the best ways that i've found without sinking a ton of money into high end graphics editors and utilities.......if this manual helps anyone out then it served it's purpose sgtmay. |
| Table of contents: 1: TOOLS OF THE TRADE 2: USING XCC MIXER 3: USING PAINTSHOP PRO 4: USING ACDSee 5: USING WILLS VXLEDIT1 6: USING VXLSE 1.4 7: USING DMZ'S HVA EDITOR 8: USING M$ PAINT 9: CREATING VOXELS 10: RESIZING VOXELS 11: CREDITS AND THANKS |
| TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
| THIS IS A LIST OF THE SOFTWARE I USE TO EDIT GRAPHICS FOR RA2 XCC UTILITIES WILLS VOXEL EDITOR 1 VXLSE v1.4 DMZ'S HVA EDITOR PAINTSHOP PRO v7.02 M$ PAINT ACDSee ALSO RECOMMENDED IF YOU GOT THE BUCK$ 3DStudio Max 4 |
| USING XCC MIXER |
| THIS IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON HOW TO USE THE XCC MIXER FOR WORKING WITH VOXELS AND SHP'S |
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| THIS IS THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO WHEN YOU OPEN UP YOUR XCC MIXER.......SLIDE OPEN THE DESTINATION WINDOW SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO PUT COPIED PICS FROM VOXELS OR SHP'S |
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| THESE ARE THE NAMES I GAVE THE WINDOWS FOR THIS MANUAL.....IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DESCRIBE THEM. |
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| HERE IS WHERE YOU FIND THE PALET SETTINGS IN XCC MIXER......MAKE SURE YOU CHECK MARK THE USE FOR CONVERSION OPTION SO THAT XCC KNOWS WHAT PALET TO USE WHEN COPYING PCX FRAMES FROM A VOXEL OR SHP........IF YOU ARE GOING TO EDIT PCX FRAMES USE THE UNITTEM.PAL......THIS MAKES THE TRANSPARENCY (BACKGROUND) BLUE.......IF YOU USE THE UNITSNO.PAL YOU WILL LOSE ALL BLACK COLORS WHEN YOU CONVERT THE PCX FRAMES TO BITMAP. |
| THIS IS HOW YOU BREAK DOWN A VOXEL OR SHP TO PCX FRAMES......MAKE SURE YOUR DESTINATION WINDOW IS OPEN TO WHERE YOU WANT THE PCX FRAMES COPIED TO.....MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PALET FOR CONVERSION.....THEN RIGHT CLICK THE VOXEL YOU WANT TO BREAK DOWN.....SELECT COPY AS PCX......AND IT BREAKES THE VOXEL DOWN INTO EDITABLE PCX FRAMES. |
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| AFTER COPYING THE VOXEL AS PCX FRAMES CHECK THEM TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PALET WAS APPLIED |
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| THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A VOXEL OUT OF A 2D PICTURE.......YOU CANT SEE THE PICTURES UNDER THE MENU BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO RIGHT CLICK ON THE FIRST PIC IN THE SET(NAME OF UNIT 0000.PCX) THEN SELECT COPY AS VXL......XCC WILL DO THE REST.......TWO CLICKS AND YOU HAVE A NEW VOXEL......THIS ALSO WORKS WITH VOXELS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN TO PCX FRAMES....LIKE TIBERIAN SUN VOXELS THAT NEEDED RESIZING FOR USE IN RED ALERT 2 |
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| THIS IS HOW A 2D PICTURE LOOKS WHEN YOU LAYER IT TO CREATE A 3D VOXEL.......NOTE THAT ALL THE FRAMES FOR THIS VOXEL ARE EXACTLY ALIKE......THIS IS HOW YOU GET DEPTH.....THEN YOU SHAPE YOUR VOXEL WITH WILLS VOXEL EDITOR 1 OR VXLSE 1.4 TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE REAL THING. |
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