OpenBor Tools & Programs List

[Fightn Words]

OpenBor Tools & Programs List

This is something that gets asked often enough that we should have a list. I thought about including site resources such as pixel art, tutorials, places to download sounds or fonts, but I decided that if I did it would quickly become much larger then it needs to be. If you have any links to add or correct, please feel free to suggest them and I'll add them to the list.

Updated as of 1/4/2011

Green means it's freeware.
Orange means it's for sale.


General OpenBor Software & Editors

Spoiler

OpenBor

http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Packfile Editor by Plombo

http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Packfile Editor

http://aluigi.org
&
http://lavalit.com:8080

Neo Edit Pack

http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Editor v1.2


(Will not work with 64-bit operating systems!)
http://www.senileteam.com
&
http://lavalit.com:8080

Obeditor

(Not Completed, use at your own risk!)
http://lavalit.com:8080
&
http://sourceforge.net/projects/obeditor/

OpenBorStats Tool

(Not Completed, use at your own risk!)
http://lavalit.com:8080
&
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openborstats/
    
BORed - Beats of Rage Level Editor

(Not Completed, use at your own risk!)
http://lavalit.com:8080

BOR Character Editor V71

(Not Completed, use at your own risk!)
http://lavalit.com:8080

Paint Programs

Spoiler

Gimp

(works well with palette's)
http://www.gimp.org/

Allegro Sprite Editor

(works well with palette's)
http://www.aseprite.org/

Pixia

(works well with palette's)
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/

D-Pixed

(works well with palette's)
http://www.flat2d.com/dpixed_en.aspx

GrafX2

(works well with palette's)
http://code.google.com/p/grafx2/

PalApply

(works well with palette's)
http://lavalit.com:8080

Paint.NET

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Paint-Mono

http://code.google.com/p/paint-mono/

XnView

http://www.xnview.com/

D-Pixel

http://retroidea.com/?p=9

MOS Workshop

http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/dl.php?s=IEM&f=IEmodding/MOSWorkshop_v1007.zip

Ximagic Quantizer

(plugin for lowering color count)
http://www.ximagic.com/q_download.html

PNGGauntlet

http://brh.numbera.com/software/pnggauntlet/

All Bitmap

(works exclusively with palette's)
http://www.mugenation.com/staff/nobun/download/allbmp20/index.html

PEdit

(works exclusively with palette's)
http://www.agentur-simon.de/pedit/

Rotsprite

(sprite rotation utility)
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=8848

ACTdump

(works exclusively with palette's)
http://lavalit.com:8080

Adobe Photo Shop

(works well with palette's)
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html

GraphicsGale

(works well with palette's)
http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

Pro Motion

(works well with palette's)
http://cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php

Corel Paint Shop Pro

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Product/1184951547051

Pixel

http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/?page_id=4

ArtRage

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

Dogwaffle

http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/

Ultimate Paint

http://www.ultimatepaint.com/

Adobe ImageReady
(Discontinued!)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ImageReady

Graphics/Animation Ripping

Spoiler

Snap's Sprite Tool

http://users.telenet.be/snap/Stuff/Sprite Tool/

AnimGet

http://sdb.drshnaps.com/downloads/animget.zip

Microsoft GIF Animator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_GIF_Animator

Spriter

http://www.brashmonkey.com/spriter.htm

Sprite Vortex

http://spritevortex.codeplex.com/

QuasiSprite



ArtMoney

http://www.artmoney.ru/

Animation Shop

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1152105040771

GIF Movie Gear

http://www.gamani.com/gmgdown.htm

Recording Software

Spoiler

CamStudio

http://camstudio.org/

VirtualDub

http://www.virtualdub.org/

VLC Media Player

http://www.videolan.org/

SnagIt

http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

Bitmap Font Programs

Spoiler

Bitmap Font Writer

http://www.stefan-pettersson.nu/site/bmpfont/

Bitmap Font Builder

http://www.lmnopc.com/bitmapfontbuilder/

Bitmap Font Generator

http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/

Codehead's Bitmap Font Generator

http://www.codehead.co.uk/cbfg/

Bitmap Font Editor

http://www.lodgia.com/software/index.php

PMTL

http://noshbar.xtreemhost.com/pmtl/index.html

Fancy Bitmap Font Generator

http://www.ironstarmedia.co.uk/fancy-bitmap-font-generator/

Sound Effects/Music Programs

Spoiler

Wav2BoR by Plombo

http://lavalit.com:8080

Wav2BoR

http://www.senileteam.com
&
http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Plugin for WinAMP

http://www.senileteam.com
&
http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Player by Plombo

http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR Player

http://aluigi.org
&
http://lavalit.com:8080

BoR 2Wav

http://lavalit.com:8080

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Wavosaur

http://www.wavosaur.com/

SFXR

http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html

Musagi
(Not Completed, use at your own risk!)

http://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html

Psycle

http://psycle.pastnotecut.org/portal.php

Beast

http://beast.gtk.org/

MusE

http://www.muse-sequencer.org/

WavePad Sound Editor

GoldWave
http://www.goldwave.com/release.php

Steinberg WaveLab

http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab.html

Sony Soundforge

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp

Adobe Audition

http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/index.html

NGWave Editor

http://www.ngwave.com/

Pro Tools

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?

Propellerhead Reason

http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaymain

Acid Music

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/acidfamily.asp

Cakewalk

http://www.cakewalk.com/

FL Studio

http://flstudio.image-line.com/

Garritan Personal Orchestra

http://www.garritan.com/

M.U.G.E.N

Spoiler

Fighter Factory

http://www.virtualltek.com/downloads

Text Editors

Spoiler

Notepad


Notepad++

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Notepad++ (Portable)

http://portableapps.com/news/2009-07-20_-_notepadpp_portable_5.4.5

SciTE

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

Gedit

http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/

[Bloodbane]

 Wow! so many tools which can be used! Thanks Fightn Words!

 I think Scene maker should be added too. Unfortunately, I only know Microsoft GIF animator. Maybe Adobe Image Ready can do it too but I really have no idea how  .

[Fightn Words]

Added!

[DJGameFreakTheIguana]

Hell yeah! FL Studio Ninja
I gotta try those sprite related stuff.

Edit:

if any1 here knows how to use this stuff and work'em for BOR, could there be some tutoriels posted on these, cause i can't dis **** to work for a damn thang

[bWWd]

pixia,d-pixed cant open gifs

[Fightn Words]

Yeah thats true but I would still recommend using D-pixed because it supports .PNG, it's freeware and more importantly you can use it with pallettes (the main reason it's on the list)!

Spoiler

Thats not my sprite by the way.

[DJGameFreakTheIguana]

Yeah thats true but I would still recommend using D-pixed because it supports .PNG, it's freeware and more importantly you can use it with pallettes (the main reason it's on the list)!

yeah, but The real Question is: can any1 Use it for Beats of Rage, When I load up the Pallete, the Colors change(unless photoshop changes them to then I'd go along with it), if theres a way to load the palletes without changin' the color, then ya got somptin.

[Fightn Words]

I see what your saying. I don't really have Photo-shop, but if you use only one program or the other exclusively for color you probably wont have that problem (I would think, I haven't tested it myself). As I understand it pallettes are organized by different criteria- I bet a high end program like Photo-shop has those options. If thats not the case then I concede the point.

[bWWd]

This thing can open gifs and edit palettes,its like paint clone:
http://www.aerie.ru/download/teambg/graphics/MOSWorkshop_v1.0.0.7.zip

[Fightn Words]

The editing options are nearly identical to D-pixed (displays & saves the pallettes the same), except you can save in more formats like .GIF- Added! Thanks bWWd.

[DJGameFreakTheIguana]

DAMMIT
I can't  get the pallete right on here either....

[Bloodbane]

When I load up the Pallete, the Colors change(unless photoshop changes them to then I'd go along with it), if theres a way to load the palletes without changin' the color, then ya got somptin.

 But that's the point of loading palette. When you load a palette, all colors in the picture will be matched to palette. If they don't match, they'll be changed to closest color in the palette.
 Why do you refuse that color change anyways?

[DJGameFreakTheIguana]

I didn't think it was suppose to change....Once I change the color, my stages just don't look anything that they were suppose to, and There's also color changes in the sprites. If this is normal than I'll just go along wit it...

[Bloodbane]

 The color change is normal. However, for stage palette, you can add extra colors for the last 128 colors. That's why backgrounds don't lose much colors in mods. To be exact, backgrounds use their own colors.

 The color change problem you're mentioning is the reason why modders use 16bit mode now. Not only to keep colors but also to spare themselves from making global palette.

[DJGameFreakTheIguana]

OK i see what your sayin, but I always wondered how they keep their Stages like that, Guess I'll found out when I get more into that point