Making Sprites with GIMP
- open gimp through KMenu->Graphics->The GIMP
  - if gimp opens with an orange/white configuration screen, click next until it actually loads gimp
- file->new
  - change the size of the image (width and height), make sure neither is over 100 in general for use with FANG
  - click advanced options and set the background to fill with transparency
- a new window will pop open with a gray checkerboard pattern, this means that part is transparent
  - this is where you draw stuff, there are all kinds of tools in gimp
  - to do normal drawing use the pencil or paintbrush tool
- when you are done, save the image as .png extension
- to make animated gifs: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/

Sprites in FANG & Eclipse
- NOTE: this tutorial is assuming your project is called MyExample, you should replace MyExample with your project name
- NOTE: assumes you've already make MyExample project, myexample package, and MyExample class
- right-click on the project folder and make a new package
  - call it myexample.resources
- now you need to place the image you want inside of this package
  - this assumes you saved the image to the desktop per instructions above, alternatively you can save directly to the proper folder when you save by navigating to home/workspace/MyExample/myexample/resources
  - open konqueror by going to KMenu->Home, which opens your home folder in konqueror
  - go into your workspace, then your project folder, then the folder corresponding to your package, then the resources folder; the breadcrumbs at the top should be home/workspace/MyExample/myexample/resources
  - drag the file from the desktop into this folder
- go back into eclipse, right-click on myexample.resources package and hit refresh
  - an arrow should appear next to the package, open this and make sure your image has shown up, if it hasn't check to make sure you did everything correctly
- if the image showed up you can now use it like so:
  ImageSprite example = new ImageSprite( "resources/NameOfYourSprite.png" ) ;