Custom portraits
tga image is that you will be able to start a game with the character portrait you choose, and you will be able to save this game, but you will NOT be able to load any games later on without crashing the entire program. In GIMP, the default option is to compress the image (there is a check box that you need to unselect in order to turn the compression off it will come up in a dialog when you try to save). It is also critical that when you save your image, you save it as an UNCOMPRESSED.
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This is the format used by Bioware, and no portraits in any other format will work in the game. The primary requirement of the graphics program you use is that it must support the Targa, or. Technical Considerations and Requirements I am quite enamored with GIMP, since it is free. There is no reason to be discouraged, though.all you really need to create a serviceable portrait is an image manipulation program such as GIMP or Photoshop.
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The official Bioware artists, and graphic artists working on other RPGs often post their work for free download, so you will certainly run across some portraits that will make your eyes bleed with their glory. If you've decided that you want to draw your own portrait, you may be quite intimidated by the existing artwork out there.
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The majority of portraits out there seem to be pale, slender (yet amply chested) females.
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However, certain types of portraits are few and far between: not many people draw halflings, or male characters, or people of color, or children. If you find what you are looking for among the fan-created portraits, then you're all set.
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Either you can go to one of several websites and download a fan-created portrait (there are thousands of portraits to choose from, varying in quality from hilariously amateur to dazzlingly professional), or you can draw your own. I found the portraits provided with the game to be, in many cases, inappropriate for the characters I wished to create, for various reasons (age, hair color, clothing, etc.). If you've played Neverwinter Nights beyond simply taking a run through the single-player original campaign, chances are you've wished for a wider variety of character portraits to choose from at some point.