[TUTORIAL] Re-colouring images in bulk

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Re-colouring images in bulk [TUTORIAL] (Images Warning)

This is a tutorial for people who wish to re-colour their items in MIR. Remember, the colour won't look the same ingame as it does on MIR, so play around with step 10 until you get one that looks good.

If you have the images you wish to re-colour, skip to step 5.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED;
  • HH8 WIL Editor
  • Photoshop (I'm using CS2, recent versions shouldn't a problem afaik)
  • A .WIL with the images you wish to recolour.

1. Open up HH8 wil editor.
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2. Choose a .WIL, I have chosen weapon. Once open goto the FIRST image of the weapon (or armour, item etc) you wish to recolour and make a note of the number of that image. (I'm using DSS)
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3. Now go to the LAST image of that item, make a note of the number.
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4. Click Export, a box will open, choose a folder which you want the images to go and enter the FIRST and LAST image of the sequence, and hit OK.
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5. When that's done, load up photoshop and open one of the images, doesn't matter which.

6. On your Actions Tab (If you don't have it goto Window > Actions or press ALT + F9) click the New Action button, give the Action a name and click Record.
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7. Now do to your image what you want photoshop to do to the rest, I will show you how to recolour.

8. Goto Image > Adjustments > Desaturate (SHIFT+CTRL+U) - This will make the image black & white.
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9. Goto Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation... (CTRL+U) - A window will open
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10. In the Hue/Saturation window, click Colorize and move the sliders around until you have the colour you desire (bright pink FTW!), hit OK.
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11. Goto File > Save (CTRL+S) and then File > Close (CTRL+W)

12. Click Stop Recording (the square one!) on your Actions Tab, you're done making your action.
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13. Goto File > Automate > Batch...
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14. Select the Action you have just made from the dropdown menu and the Folder in which all your images are kept from step 4.
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15. Hit OK and let it do it's job for a while (the more images, the longer it will take), when it stops it's done, check your images and make sure they are done.

16. Open HH8 and open your .WIL (Same one as step 2), click Import.

17. Choose the folder in which your images are saved from step 4 and hit OK.
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Congratulations! The Images should now be added to your .WIL


(You could also put them into a new one, or replace them)

Good Luck!

EDIT - Added an attachment containing the tutorial in .txt format, including the images inside the folder named according to steps.
 

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Hmmm what File does it have to be ? BMP ? JPEG? Cuz it says it cant find any of my images in the folder?
 

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Which step you on about mate?
 

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Step 15 Batch
 

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Can be any known Image format afaik, as long as Photoshop can handle them. Are you sure you exported them correctly and have the correct folder chosen?
 

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Definately just trying it again hang on.
 

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ok this is wierd it does 1 image then says cant find the rest. But works when i close and open photoshop and then only does 1 image again :(
 

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Strange, don't know mate, you sure you're doing everything correctly?
 

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Everything, does it when i recolour them myself 1by1 aswell. Maybe its my version or summat. Will try a dif 1 later on. Thanks for help though
 

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with this as ur editing it u can add extras surely?

correct me if i am wrong
 

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like recreating the dss for instance changin the pattern etc etc or maybe for arms
keep the outline
and recreat it completely if u get me
 

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I don't think so, you'd have to edit each and every frame individually afaik.
 

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i seee

i have noticed wen recolourin the human body that you end up with the black bit around it eny reason y?
 
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i know this is an old thread but does any 1 know where im going wrong?

i do all the steps and i change the hue/saturation colour etc. and when i batch it, it does all the actions but does not change the colour.

does any1 know y?
 

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Gotta make sure the action is recorded to change the colour, save the image and then close the file.

Other than that I dunno. This also works for resizing and such.
 

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Gotta make sure the action is recorded to change the colour, save the image and then close the file.

Other than that I dunno. This also works for resizing and such.

thats where i can see it going wrong,

how do you make it record the change of colour?
 

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bump

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What Photoshop ??:mad: Neah ...is more simple with ACDC programs more simple and good, and I dont this topic have sense. If some1,dont know this , why are u here on this forum? The idea is simple export 1 file .bmp 256 colors, and recolour with ur colour editor very simple and useful I recommand ACDC any version. Recolour with this 1 , and import with HH8, in the same place,or other is u want 2 use new 1. Don't change the size and colour of ur pic(256 colors).;)
 
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