Need Help starting off a new character.

[Jmaxximus]

Hello

At this point I'm trying to make a new character for mugen. The only program I have that for art is GIMP. I have a sprite that I want to alter but when opening Gimp and opening the file I Don't know how to stretch the canvas so that I could work more area.

For example if I wanted to add a tail to Ryu I would run out of space because the background that I working on is to small (at this point it's the color pink) Any help would be greatly appriciated.

[Spidermew]

To make a bigger canvas you have to start a new document with the size you want.

[Jmaxximus]

I do. The only thing is that when I upload the sprite to the bigger canvas the comes with another canvas which cant be stretch. So I have a big canvas with a small one inside and the sprite in ther. How do I remove the sprite from the small canvas and move it to the big one?

[Spidermew]

you have to remember to murge the lairs down when moving it to the new thingy

[Jmaxximus]

you have to remember to murge the lairs down when moving it to the new thingy

How do you do that. Once I get this down I be be making a new chacter.

[Spidermew]

well for me i just happens after i paste and i click the bigger area ( you have to make sure to have one of the selection tools equipted)

Or you could go up into image, layers and hit move down after pasting.

[Jmaxximus]

well for me i just happens after i paste and i click the bigger area ( you have to make sure to have one of the selection tools equipted)

Or you could go up into image, layers and hit move down after pasting.

I dont understand. I copy the image then on the new canvase I paste it. But when i click on the new canvas I can only work on the new canvase not on the image I pasted. It's ;ike there are 2 seperate canvases.

[Spidermew]

I dont understand. I copy the image then on the new canvase I paste it. But when i click on the new canvas I can only work on the new canvase not on the image I pasted. It's ;ike there are 2 seperate canvases.

Thats cuz its acting like 2 layers, you have to merge the layers.

[Jmaxximus]

Thats cuz its acting like 2 layers, you have to merge the layers.

Where exactly is the merge option. I've been looking for for a while now. Also THANKS for the quick feed back.

[Spidermew]

Where exactly is the merge option. I've been looking for for a while now. Also THANKS for the quick feed back.

look above the image, there should be a bunch of text menues, one of them is layers