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I want to split a long png from my artist into vertical chunks that I can load into my code for a side scroller.

Is there a tool that will help do that or do I have to do it manually?

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Couldn't you just keep it as one texture and render parts? – The Communist Duck May 1 '11 at 10:30
although not specifically what I was asking, this is the correct answer. The library I am using supports 'atlas' images. Make your comment an answer and will accept it. – Gregor Brandt May 2 '11 at 19:44

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Use a texture atlas, or a tilesheet of some kind. One texture in video memory is much less work than 100 textures in video memory.

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Try http://www.imagemagick.org/ which you can control from the command line to process images.

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imagemagick does the job, but the comment above is 'more correct' in that I should be using an atlas and taking textures from there. thanks. – Gregor Brandt May 2 '11 at 19:45

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