A DC Animated-style HeroMachine

[tkdguy]

Here's a technique I use with Photoshop. If you're trying to draw a character in a suit, you'll notice the tie is drawn over the suit, which is sloppy. I make two copies; one with the suit, the other with the tie. I open them on Photoshop and superimpose the suit copy over the tie copy. Then I use the eraser or magic eraser function to remove parts of the overlapping layer (do this carefully). Then flatten the image, and you're done.

[etherio]

If someone already said this, forgive me, but try the following:

Go to Google. Paste 'Fábrica de Heróis' (minus quotes, of course) into the search box. On the appropriate hit, instead of clicking the main link, click "translate this page."

It's never a perfect translation, but it's a far cry better than La Portuguese.

That said, I'm going to now dig into it. I toyed with the idea of making one of these with a friend back when I was into making DCU-type pics and HeroMachine was first out. I decided that all the effort would be likely to get my butt sued. I'm gonna enjoy this, I think. If it's not perfect, it'll at least make for a good shortcut tool when making my own images.

Edit: The translated page will not have the actual character creation tool on it. You'll have to keep two copies of the page open if you want the instructions in semi-English.

[LoresLost]

I have been playing with this and did a version of Black Adam, I am on linux and used GIMP's Acquire feature to capture the image, I have not manipulated it other then convert it to png for display. I will note that I can do just an area snap shot in linux where I would have to do a window snap shot in Windows. I can not upload it this morning but I will see what I can do this evening.

[Hyper-Man]

I'm just waiting to see someone post version of this group:

[mayapuppies]

LOVED that cartoon!

[SSgt Baloo]

I'm just waiting to see someone post version of this group:

Done!

[teh bunneh]

Where'd you find Valhallen's "Magic Axe"?

[SSgt Baloo]

Where'd you find Valhallen's "Magic Axe"?

I gave him a staff and used it as the neck of his guitar. I added in the rest using MS Paint, the only paint program I have.

[Corven_Ren]

Done!

REPPED GOOD SIR

[Captain Obvious]

I gave him a staff and used it as the neck of his guitar. I added in the rest using MS Paint, the only paint program I have.

That's pretty impressive if you did that in Paint. Just about everything I've ever tried to do with it looks like a painting by a chimp.

[SSgt Baloo]

That's pretty impressive if you did that in Paint. Just about everything I've ever tried to do with it looks like a painting by a chimp.

I started drawing when "flipping bits" was the way to edit most pictures. Mind you, if there's a free graphics program (like OpenOffice is for text) I'd like to know where to get one.

Here's s'more, the Mystery Men!

I just couldn't find a good picture of IB.

[SSgt Baloo]

And here's the rest of 'em:

This program doesn't let you make anyone who isn't handsome. I tried adding some blemishes, though.

I forgot to give her a bowling bag. Sorry!

[Captain Obvious]

Mind you, if there's a free graphics program (like OpenOffice is for text) I'd like to know where to get one.

This might be what you're after. Even I can make a decent pic with it (as long as I can steal all the elements from somewhere else...I still can't draw that well).

[Hyper-Man]

Excellent Work!

[SSgt Baloo]

This might be what you're after. Even I can make a decent pic with it (as long as I can steal all the elements from somewhere else...I still can't draw that well).

Thanks! I used to have Paint Shop Pro, but that was on a computer that is long dead.