An advanced guide in the creation and use of character portraits. Underneath a teaser of the 16 page PDF manual (had to be packed as it exceeded the limit for PDf files, supporting files included). Lots of illustrations for easy understanding.
Update 3rd May 2011
Added reference to the How to make completely new portraits tutorial
Update 27th December 2010
Corrected chapter about faction specific portraits. It isn't possible.
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Transparent or not?
Ever wondered how those modders did it? I am talking about the character pictures in the unit view and the character view.
The character picture in the summary will have a nice background and the one in the unit list will be transparent. Have a closer look at the picture below. How to make a picture that achieves this will be explained in the Creating the Portrait chapter.
Who is getting the portrait?
Once the portrait is created, the question then remains: “How do I get it to right character?” Should it be just for one character, only for a certain faction, or maybe just for a culture? Or for everybody?
All these questions will be answered in the Using the Portrait chapter.
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Spoiler for stuff that didn't work, died on loading the save: