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How to get an array of pixel colors from an image?

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I’m trying to make an effect of pixels appearing with transparency and sequence (first the “darkest” then the rest of the pixels). I want to achieve the effect - “so that the pixels, like water, fill the empty mouth of the river.” But I couldn’t get the array of pixel colors. I’m here to get any help.

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[Tutorial] Inner Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites

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Inner Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Original: [link] Author: BitByBit Preface When it comes to outlining, there are various implementation methods, especially for 3D outlining, which can be easily found online. Inner outlining involves applying desired colors to pixels near the edges of the original image, while outer outlining extends.

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[Tutorial] Inner Outlining Effect for 2D Sprites

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Inner Outlining Effect for 2D Sprites Original: [link] Author: BitByBit Preface When it comes to outlining, there are various implementation methods, especially for 3D outlining, which can be easily found online. Inner outlining involves applying desired colors to pixels near the edges of the original image, while outer outlining exten.

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How To Draw Pixel Art

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Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* are joined by Reece Geofroy to talk all things pixel art and how to get good at it. We also have a new Pixel Characters course from Reece, you can check that out here. You can also check out Reece’s pixel art game Monster Tribe on Steam. 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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[Tutorial]Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites

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Original: [link] Author: BitByBit Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Continuing from the previous article Inner Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Introduction In the last article, we introduced the method of inner stroke and also discussed its pros and cons. First, we get the uv of the surrounding pixel through the offset uv.

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Sprite Object Shape question

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So this may be a dumb question… but I figured I’d ask this here first… Is there a way to change the shape of touch/hit detection on a sprite? For example… say I am creating a button and I use a circle as the sprite graphic… So, I basically have an invisible square (the sprite container) with my circle inside.

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Atari ST Programming: STOS BASIC Sprite Movement

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In the last part of this STOS BASIC Tutorial we loaded a sprite but it just sat there, let’s fix that … One of the ways that STOS BASIC helps us to build interactive programs and games is in the sprite movement features because they are not only easy, but they do their thing without our constant input. Custom Mouse Pointer.

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