How to make custom CSP, Battle Portraits, and after Battle Portraits look smooth?

[Sai_]

I tried making my own CSP for a texture for Ike, but it came out like this:


However, if I look at a CSP made by someone else, like Mewtwo Y, it looks super smooth and it looks like it is a part of the character selection portraits, not some bootleg CSP. Are there any tips to make custom CSP look professional?

 

[Sai_]

Well, I clicked the edit button but no text is showing up so here's a double post.

This is how my custom CSP looks like :

 

[Taiko]

To make a CSP look professional, you'd need to pose it in BrawlBox then either screencap it there, or export it to a program like 3DS Max and render it.

( Assuming you mean stuff like this: )

Spoiler

 

[Sai_]

Yes, something like that.

Thanks.

Do you mean screen cap it like fn + print screen? Also, Ike's eyes are close. How do I change that, and how can I move his model to a pose I want him to make?

 

[Taiko]

This topic on KCMM should get you started. Note that if you want to get better results, you'll need to edit them more than that tutorial.

Also, I just realized that since that's just a recolour, you could probably get away with recolouring the Brawl CSP too.

And this method won't get you as clean lighting as if you did an actual render in a 3D modelling program, but it'll work for a simple CSP.

 

[Sai_]

Alright, that thread helped out a lot, but my CSP comes out blurry and out of focus from the character. Do you know how to fix this?

 

[Taiko]

What do you mean? Can you post an example?

 

[Sai_]

At the CSS, the portrait looks elongated, blurry, and is a bit zoomed out.

 

[Taiko]

It might be because the size is off, it should be 128x160px

 

[Sai_]

Well, I've finally fixed it. Thanks for your help. I also found this video helpful for people doing it the bin2jpg method:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHXTZwsrzNI