Talk:Mario & Bowser VS Luigi & King Boo/@comment-30294856-20170425232017/@comment-26374068-20170426012540

Thank you, I'm very glad you like it! :D

It took me a couple hours just to get the sprites I wanted, but from there it's mostly trial and error. I used a combination of Paint.net and Photoshop.

Paint allowed me to do drastic changes—those clouds were originally white with no face. Also, the pictures were originally very bright, which, clearly didn't match the mood I was going for. So I was easily able to adjust brightness and contrast there as well.

Photoshop allowed me to make subtle changes and effects. That's where the 3-D effects came into play—like the castle, for example. You see how it's 3-D, and in front of the clouds? That castle was originally part of the background. So, what I had to do, was layer a second castle over it utilizing the Direct Select tool and the Extract(?) Button. I also made the Lens Flare, rain and minoot color adjustments in Photoshop.

A combination of Paint.net and Photoshop is actually how I make thumbnails too.