How to Cut a Sprite Sheet
Sprites are the character or object models you see in many older video games, 2-D games and Flash games. Sprite sheets are a collection of sprites, or small character images, used when creating video games. Sprite sheets often have complete sets of the character doing a specific action. For example, a sprite sheet could contain all the individual pictures that add up to the animation of a character jumping. Once you've cut your sprite sheets into individual images, you're ready to enter them into a game making or animation program to blend them all together.
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Instructions
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Click your Windows "Start" orb and select "All Programs." Click "Accessories" and open "Paint." Repeat this so you have two separate Paint windows running.
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Click "File," the blue icon to the left of "Home." Select "Open," navigate to the sprite sheet you'd like to cut and select "Open."
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Click "Select" in the "Image" tab and choose "Rectangular selection." Find the first sprite you'd like to cut from the sheet and select "Copy."
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Bring up the other Paint window and choose the "Select" tool. Drag your cursor across any white portion of the Paint window to create a box. Right-click within the box and select "Paste."
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Click the small squares at the edge of the box to resize the sprite as desired. When satisfied, click "File" and "Save." Name the sprite something that will help you distinguish it from any others you're creating, such as "jumpsprite1." Choose where to save it using the Windows Explorer window, then click "Save."
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Tips & Warnings
Repeat the process as many times as needed if you've got more than one sprite to cut from the sheet.
Use Paint's "Fill with color" tool to alter a sprite's background color if you desire.
