I want to to start skinning

[Sun~Fire~Song]

I'm into my project at the moment and instead of asking people to skin models for me in the request section, i want to give it a try for myself. Ive read several skining tutorials at the hive and at wc3campaigns but i do not have a image manipulation program like Adobe photoshop. Is there any free alternative programs i can use to edit warcraft skins?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Just_Spectating]

shouldnt this be in the modeling section?

 

[Redeemer59]

I hear The GIMP is a good substitute, it's downloadable... uh... somewhere. Sorry, I dunno where. =/

But technically you can do it in MS Paint if you have Irfanview (Also free) or some-such to save it in .tga, I believe. Not that MSP is practical, or looks good...

 

[Sun~Fire~Song]

Can the Gimp software save the skin in tga.?

 

[Revolve]

Yupp it can. I will search Gimp up for ya, i will update this post.

EDIT:

I didn't find the right download, i got helped when i got it, but here is the site:
www.gimp.org Click your way to downloads.

 

[Rui]

This does not belong here, but in the Texturing & Surfacing forum.

~Thread Moved

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

I have a tip for you... Never do skinning in massive chunks, as the slightest mistake can ruin your skin, you should work small and slow just so you can use CTRL + Z. Good Luck, We all hope to see some fine additions to THW's skins!

 

[Sgt. Johnson]

Yea Gimp is a great substitute, there are some things I prefer about Gimp than I did Photoshop when I used it in my graphics arts class a couple years ago.

Here's some tutorials to get you started if you need help.

-How To Skin Models
http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/cat_usersubmit.php?view=43124

-Import a Skin
http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/cat_usersubmit.php?view=28840

-Editing Skins in GIMP
http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/cat_usersubmit.php?view=32256

-Alpha Skinning in GIMP
http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/cat_usersubmit.php?view=29561