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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 3:16 am
by jeditobe1
double check, i think white in an alpha is opaque (ie you see the image at that point). Anyways, i think there is a link on the http://www.planetunreal.com/chaotic site (on the side bar) that has an address.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:57 pm
by Shadowstar
Yeah, Flagg's the one. I think his email is in this thread somewhere...

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:47 pm
by WulfMan
PhotoShop 7.0 automatically saves all transparent sections of a TGA as an alpha channel.

if you open up any Targa file with transparency in photoshop, you can click "select" "load selection" "alpha1" and you'll see the channel.

once again, this is done automatically in photoshop 7.0, all transparent sections of the picture will be in the alpha channel if you save to targa (.tga) format.

hope that helps

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:54 pm
by jeditobe1
i just got photoshop 7.0 today, glad to hear about that feature.

*goes and fiddles some more*

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:56 pm
by WulfMan
jeditobe1 wrote:i just got photoshop 7.0 today, glad to hear about that feature.

*goes and fiddles some more*
hehehehe you're gonna fall in love with it, photoshop 7.0 is incredibly more powerful and intuative than previous versions :D

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 9:56 am
by DemonHunter
jb wrote:Guys, what DemonHunter was asking is to make a user settable spray paint that does not have to be in the graffiti package so anyone can do a spray paint, connect to a server and blamo show it off :)

DemonHunter,
not yet but we want to get there.
ya thats what i ment 8)

I can't figure our the Alpha channel stuff (technical dolt that I am)
Would a Transparent .gif work? I can do those :?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 12:14 pm
by defalc
jb wrote:defalc,

probably he has been taking a small break so I will check with him one he gets back.
Ah, cool thanks jb. Let me know. :)

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 12:54 pm
by jeditobe1
Demon, send me (my email is at the bottom of my posts) the picture with either a solid background or as a transparent gif and ill do the alpha if you want.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:30 pm
by R.Flagg
Hi defalc

I probably do have your logo here somewhere, I've got a bunch of them piling up here. :wink:

I'll scan thru the list see if I can see yours.

And.....yup, there it is.

I just created a PR2_logos folder on our FTP, your was the 1st added to the new folder. I will begin to up more of them from my inbox throughout the day today, in between the play testing I am behind on.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:13 am
by defalc
Ah, sweet. Thank you. :)
I might send another or two sometime. If I can think of something original. :P

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:02 pm
by Zachariah
Jeditobe1 Wrote
Demon, send me (my email is at the bottom of my posts) the picture with either a solid background or as a transparent gif and ill do the alpha if you want.
Hey would you do the same for me? My version of photoshop Isnt capable of alpha channels(at least , as far as I can tell It doesnt suppot them)

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:18 pm
by jeditobe1
sure

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:12 pm
by Shuri
Jedi, would ya mind checking mine in the ftp logo folder, called shuri.tga? It should have alpha, as I did it the same way I do alpha for level textures, but it didn't seem to work...

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:29 pm
by jeditobe1
Looks good as far as i can see shuri.

Though ingame it might have a few problems with the black inside the lettering showing up, not 100% sure.