Spritie Bug

[Hero destroyer]

Hey, guys! I need a little help about how to make a sprite smooth.
I'll give you an example.
Look at the difference between PF and my sprite.
How to solve this(notice the outline)?

[prince_freeza]

(i think) u sprited in big size (158x158) then resized right??! also before resizing what brush/tool did you sprites with?? and what program??

i use photoshop and if you are using gimp then that your problem.. since gimp brushes have less initialized edges, their more rough..
i did:
- sprite at 158x size on a transparent layer with a Photoshop default brush.
- resized back to 79x size and added the black layer + merged it with the sprite
- cleared the black bg with a 10% tolerance "clear" paint bucket.

hope this helps..

[Whaat]

Yours is made with paint? If not, use brush tool instead of pen tool in the program you use, it makes smoother edges.

[Hero destroyer]

Dude, I follow all your steps by using GIMP.

[Whaat]

I would like to know what tutorial you are watching so i can say is it ''up-to-date'' :/

[Hero destroyer]

Before I know how to sprite, I make a thread called "spriting advice", remember? You told me to use the second brush(circle 03) + drawing in 200% or 400%.
My problem:
I resize from 158 to 79. Is that a problem?

[Whaat]

If you really are using brush you maybe should check you have this option right (check it after you have copied/opened your base):

If it's smthing other than RGB the brush won't have the ''smooth effect''.
If you have RGB option selected but the sprite still doesn't look smooth, i guess the problem is too sharp contrast (too big difference between light and dark color). The problem shouldn't be in resizing since i think it just makes the sprites even more smooth.

[Gad]

He wouldn't be able to blur or fuzzy if he didn't choose RGB. That has nothing to do. Look at face or shirt - there is a smooth transition.

[Reaper]

For resizing, GIMP offers various methods. There should be a drop-down menu with entries such as interpolation, cubic, linear, none and possibly others. I don't know how much of a difference those make or which the default one is, but it could be worth a check. Generally "none" is sharp and "cubic/interpolation" is smooth/blurred I believe. If it's already set on the later, then you most likely can't improve anything about the resizing.
I know I'm not the one to give spriting advices, but I usually use at least two types/sizes of brushes, depending on how smooth or detailed a part is supposed to be.
Other than that, perhaps posting the sprite at full resolution could be a good idea.
If all else fails, you could search for custom brushes. Apparently you also can convert photoshop brushes to GIMP-brushes in some way.