Mark Thompson wrote on Mon, Oct 24, 2005 12:31 AM UTC:
'most chess pieces are symmetrical along a vertical axis, and I simply
haven't the slightest idea how to do it with the software that comes with
Windows.'
In MS Paint, make sure you uncheck the option 'Draw Opaque' under
'Image', and then draw the left- or right-half of your image. Leave the
rest of the image white. Then select all, copy, and while the copy is
selected, choose Image / Flip-Rotate / Horizontal. That will flip the
'copy' to its own mirror-image. Then you can adjust its position with
the mouse to line up with the other half.