Tutorial: How to make a map with "MS Paint"

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DAYUMM wrote:Thanks for the guide! I have not finished this, but its good enough at the moment. Also i need some help with creating the veranda text properly. every time i do it, the letters turn all retarded! :tigre:
Turn antialias off i think
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Here's mine.

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I just wanted to say thanks! This is what I got:
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I'm really sorry for bringing this post back up again, I see it hasn't been posted on since almost a year ago, but I can't figure out how to do the text without it freaking out. I know that somebody said to turn anti-alias off, but I don't know how to do that. Somebody please help?
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I would need to know what you mean by "freaking out". Can you post a picture illustrating your problem?
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Danielinhoni wrote:I would need to know what you mean by "freaking out". Can you post a picture illustrating your problem?
Actually, it's a little hard to tell with a screenshot, but I noticed something after testing it out for a while. I did what you said, set the font to Verdana, size 8, but after I finished typing something in, it got these weird red and blue colors on the sides of the letters, (almost like a 3D glasses type of thing) but I noticed that the bigger the text is, the harder it is to notice. (It's still there but really small) Only problem is, the smaller the text the more noticeable it is, and 8 is pretty small. I suppose I could edit the text after making it, but I'm afraid I might alter it too much, I tried editing some text already and it's really a pain to get it right. But I suppose it's all I can do, it's not extremely noticeable anyway, I can probably work around it.
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Leviathan254 wrote:
Danielinhoni wrote:I would need to know what you mean by "freaking out". Can you post a picture illustrating your problem?
Actually, it's a little hard to tell with a screenshot, but I noticed something after testing it out for a while. I did what you said, set the font to Verdana, size 8, but after I finished typing something in, it got these weird red and blue colors on the sides of the letters, (almost like a 3D glasses type of thing) but I noticed that the bigger the text is, the harder it is to notice. (It's still there but really small) Only problem is, the smaller the text the more noticeable it is, and 8 is pretty small. I suppose I could edit the text after making it, but I'm afraid I might alter it too much, I tried editing some text already and it's really a pain to get it right. But I suppose it's all I can do, it's not extremely noticeable anyway, I can probably work around it.
That's Anti-Aliasing. Idk how to do it in MS Paint, but I always do the text part in Paint.net anyway because I have a plugin to outline for me. Anti-Aliasing (or AA for short) also makes it so the text isn't a solid color, but many so it looks realistic (for lack of a better word) from far away. Outlining AA text won't look as good.
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OMG Thanks so much, I made a way better version of my crime scene with this, but how do I import it into the trial?
Found out how to do it :D!
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Glad it was helpful! To use it in your trials, simply upload it to a site which allows the use of hotlinking (using a direct link from their servers), such as Photobucket, Dropbox, Imageshack, etc... I personally recommend Photobucket, but the choice is up to you.
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Imgur and imgbox are a couple of options as well, and near as I can tell, they don't have the bandwidth limit like photobucket and Dropbox.
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How exactly would I make the letters properly? How would I add the extra squares for the walls and stuff?
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