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Premium Members Only

January 23: I made a major change in how Premium Memberships are handled today. If you’ve been a Premium Member and now can’t log in, please contact me directly and let me know; I’ll take care of it asap.

While everyone can use the forums and the full HeroMachine 2 version for free (including all items and features), that free version comes with ads, which we all agree can be annoying. And since the ad needs a certain amount of room in the app, the controls are a bit squashed and the portrait area is not as large as it could be.

But since I like to eat, and the ads pay the bills, they’re one of those unavoidable necessities of life.

Or are they?

In fact, the answer is NO! Premium Members can access an ad-free version of HeroMachine 2 that features an alternate layout with a much larger character composition screen. Here’s what it looks like:

Look at all that room! And there’s no ad to get in the way of character creation or to irritate you with its obnoxious ad-itude (see what I did there?!).

Premium Access is only $0.99 a month, which goes directly to me to help pay the costs associated with running a site the size of HeroMachine.

Premium Membership includes:

• Access to a larger-sized, ad-free version of HeroMachine 2.
• Access to a larger-sized, ad-free version of HeroMachine 3.
• A guaranteed warming of the cockles of your heart knowing that you’re playing a key role in keeping HeroMachine going. I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure warm cockles are better than cold ones.

Just click the button below to get started!

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Welcome, Premium Member!

Both HeroMachine 2.5 versions are below, one that’s just like the familiar one only without an ad, and one that’s optimized with a larger composition area and the entire ad space itself removed. You can use either one you like, both should work. If you’re looking for the HeroMachine 3 Premium version, just click this link.

As you know, HeroMachine lets you unlock your inner artist, enabling you to create professional-looking illustrations even if you can’t draw a straight line. Just choose a pose, then pick a set and genre of items and click to add them. To save your character as an image in HeroMachine 2, press ALT-PrintScreen in Windows or Command+Shift+3 on a Mac to capture the entire screen (including your character) to the clipboard. Then open a paint program (like the aptly-named Paint in Windows, which you can open by going to Start – Run and typing in MSPAINT), go to Edit-Paste, and the screen will appear. Then you can crop it and save it wherever you like.

Original Layout

Alternate Larger Canvas Layout

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