Tools for creating skins

[MidnightGLOW]

I'm having a bit of trouble finding tools needed for making skins that work when I download them. If someone can tell me the tools needed and a link where I can download them, it would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks - MidnightxGLOW~!

 

[Pharaoh_]

Gimp (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html)/ Photoshop?

 

[Viikuna]

Photoshop or some other art thingie and Warcraft III Viewer.

 

[MidnightGLOW]

How do you use it in photoshop?

 

[MidnightGLOW]

Hmm, when I tried to open the Gimp link, it said 'Encountered a 404 error' XD

 

[Pharaoh_]

You open the skin in *.TGA form and you just paint over the parts you want. Search for a skinning tutorial, i can't help you on how to skin, you asked for tools only

Yes, link might not work, it has become old, but that's the only one to exist. Try a thread asking for it. I don't have it actually..

 

[Viikuna]

1. Export some blp texture with wc3viewer and convert it to BMB.

2. Open it in photoshop and use it as an layer. Then just paint your own skin.

3. Convert your skin to blb using wc3viewer and import it to your map your units texture path, so this new skin will replace the old one.

EDIT. I suggest you not to paint over an existing skin. Just paint the whole skin by yourself. You can use that base skin as a layer, so you see where to paint head and hands and other parts.

 

[MidnightGLOW]

Haha great thank you so much guys ^^