![]() I don’t ever use it so I didn’t include it.įirealpaca also gives you a nice little preview of the brushes when you’re using them. The eraser brush erases and the firealpaca brush lets you draw with the firealpaca symbol. I have two custom brushes that I use for blood, but nothing else really. I use the pen for most things, but I like to paint with pencil and watercolor as well. Those are the main brushes I use when I’m drawing. If you want to edit any of the brushes, just double click on them and youll get a small page to edit the name, type, width, size, and opacity settings. I usually work in 2000x2000 unless I’m doing a commission, then it varies around 4000x4000. This window will appear and you can choose the size of your file, the dpi, and the initial layer format (color or 8 bit). You can either go to the drop down menu under “file” and select “new” to make a new file, or you can use command + N if you’re on a mac. It gives you a few basic brushes to start out. Like most art programs, you can import different brushes and such to use. I’ll start off by explaining how to make a new page, the brushes, and the tools that come with Firealpaca. I am working with a mac, not a pc, however the set up and tools are pretty much the same from what I’ve heard. Help will find you certain tools incase you get lost or need assistance with a problem. "Windows" controls the different windows open such as layers, brush control, color, ect. "Tools" is basic tools, all of which you can find on the left of your screen as well. Color gives you the option of a bar or wheel. You can find save, new file, and open file under “file.” Undo, Redo, Copy, past, ect you can find under “edit.” New layer, fill, clear, rotate, ect you can find under “layer.” Select, Deselect, inverse, ect you can find under “select.” To have the pen or tool snap to a certain line and only draw in one direction, you can find under snap. If you ever loose a window, you can click “windows” in the top. Tools are on the left, layers and a preview are on the right. It’s also a good idea to work at twice the resolution that you plan for your final gif - 1280x960 for a 640x480 gif, for example, so it looks nice and clean when you size it down.Įdit: Oh, actually, converting to a 1-bit Layer and then back to Color will remove antialiasing from your lines, but starting out with aliased lines will ensure they don’t change as much during the conversion.Here is how I set up my artboard. It’s important that you have Antialiasing off when you draw the lines, so you can easily fill in areas with the paint bucket without leaving any white space behind. ![]() It should be transparent and ready for coloring with no trace of the sketch left. ![]() Then go to Layer > Convert > Convert to Color Layer. Just go to Layer > Convert > Convert to 1 bit Layer. ![]() Thankfully, this is fairly easy in Fire Alpaca :). You’ll need to clean them up individually before you can color. Once you have all the frames in your animation sketched and lined. Then draw your lines directly on top using a pen with Antialiasing off. The best way to do this in Fire Alpaca for now is to do your sketch with the pencil in a light color.
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