Editing a skin with alpha channel problem
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Editing a skin with alpha channel problem
I open the tantive 4 infantry tga (copy) with gimp, but when I view it with one program I see all of it, the different parts all over. But when I open to edit with gimp all i see is one black thing and barely see an outline of a white part of the helmet but nothing else. How do I see/edit the rest than? 
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Re: skinning a unit problem
do you see the light and dark checkerd background under it?
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Re: skinning a unit problem
around it (well it's the backround
edit: the black thing is part of the skin/tga, the outline looks exactly like another part of it just not white transparent
edit: the black thing is part of the skin/tga, the outline looks exactly like another part of it just not white transparent
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Re: skinning a unit problem
that is transparency, i have know idea how to remove it.
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Re: skinning a unit problem
I'll just edit it with my other program (but it uses paint, hope that works)
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Re: skinning a unit problem
Gimp is a much better image editing program than paint so I reccomend you use it. And to answer the question to how to make the skin visible, click layer, hover your mouse over transparency, and then click remove alpha channel.
Oh and this is a bit off topic but just to save you from having to post another topic, when you're saving your skin always do save as and make sure you uncheck RLE compression.
Oh and this is a bit off topic but just to save you from having to post another topic, when you're saving your skin always do save as and make sure you uncheck RLE compression.
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Re: skinning a unit problem
Ok, thanks/
edit: that tut is messed up, I have gimp but there is no decompose option where it says, nothing works but my other program I guess. (i have gimp 2 if that counts)
edit: that tut is messed up, I have gimp but there is no decompose option where it says, nothing works but my other program I guess. (i have gimp 2 if that counts)
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Re: skinning a unit problem
It's for an older version of GIMP, it should be in Colors -> Components. Don't be afraid to look around a bit.RogueCruiser wrote:Ok, thanks/
edit: that tut is messed up, I have gimp but there is no decompose option where it says, nothing works but my other program I guess. (i have gimp 2 if that counts)
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Re: skinning a unit problem
If all else fails, you could use programs like Photofiltre, or if you have it, photoshop.
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Re: skinning a unit problem
It won't fail and plus he would need to reapply the alpha channel layer.
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Re: skinning a unit problem
Ok, I did look around just only for a minute because i had to leave. :maulsaber:
edit: I didn't work but. . . . I can open it with my other program, save it as tga !rle on! then open with gimp, edit and save with rle off and it worked ingame!!! <this causes it in gimp so i can actually see everything instead some messed up thing!
edit: I didn't work but. . . . I can open it with my other program, save it as tga !rle on! then open with gimp, edit and save with rle off and it worked ingame!!! <this causes it in gimp so i can actually see everything instead some messed up thing!
