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Alpha Transparency Tutorial & DDS Utilities Help
Nigedo |
Sep 1 2004, 06:13 PM
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Diviner Joined: 29-May 03 From: Bethamez, Handfast Hall |
First of all, here is a quick tutorial on:-
Creating an alpha layer in Paint Shop Pro.
The following is a list of applications, that I and others have tried, (many free to download) for converting other image formats to DDS. This is the best format for the majority of artwork for Morrowind since it compresses images and allows them to be rendered faster by the Morrowind game engine, maintaining the best game performance. It also keeps your plugins small and quick to download.
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redwoodtreesprite |
Sep 1 2004, 10:34 PM
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Diviner Joined: 25-August 03 |
Very useful tutorial! And one I need to study carefully myself.
As the threads here now have a 30 day lifespan, I made this page: http://www.zyworld.com/redwoodtreesprite/E...rial-Nigedo.htm I haven't linked to it from anywhere but this thread. If it's OK with you, I'd like to link to it from my various appropriate MMRD and Modding on a $0 Budget pages. I'd be updating it as any additions to this thread are added. |
Silver_Falcon |
Sep 1 2004, 10:47 PM
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Curate Joined: 13-March 04 |
DXT Bmp can export to DDS and TGA with full alpha support
also, Gimp can do alphas and save in TGA by starting with a transparent backround ;) |
Nigedo |
Sep 2 2004, 11:08 AM
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Diviner Joined: 29-May 03 From: Bethamez, Handfast Hall |
QUOTE(redwoodtreesprite @ Sep 2 2004, 04:54 AM) Very useful tutorial! And one I need to study carefully myself. As the threads here now have a 30 day lifespan, I made this page: http://www.zyworld.com/redwoodtreesprite/E...rial-Nigedo.htm Wow! Well done Sprite. That's really helpful. I posted this before I learned about the 30 day thing. Sure, do what you want with it. It's worrying actually. In the future people may decide not to post tutorials or links lists because of the thread expiry issue. If they don't have web dev skills, their knowledge might not see the light of day. Thanks again. :goodjob: B) |
Silver_Falcon |
Sep 2 2004, 11:30 AM
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Curate Joined: 13-March 04 |
nigedo, i'm thinking of doing a comprehensive alpha channel tutorial, and would like to use your photoshop tutorial in it, as i do not have, and never have had, photoshop
it will include tutorials for the following programs: -Photoshop -Paint Shop Pro -Gimp 2.0 -DXT Bmp |
Nigedo |
Sep 2 2004, 12:49 PM
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Diviner Joined: 29-May 03 From: Bethamez, Handfast Hall |
QUOTE(Silver_Falcon @ Sep 2 2004, 05:50 PM) nigedo, i'm thinking of doing a comprehensive alpha channel tutorial, and would like to use your photoshop tutorial in it, as i do not have, and never have had, photoshop Sure, go ahead. B) But you will find that the tutorial above is for Paint Shop Pro, not Photoshop. :wink: |
captain_crisis |
Sep 2 2004, 05:33 PM
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Initiate Joined: 22-March 03 From: Manchester, UK |
QUOTE(Nigedo @ Sep 2 2004, 12:28 PM) Wow! Well done Sprite. That's really helpful. I posted this before I learned about the 30 day thing. Sure, do what you want with it. It's worrying actually. In the future people may decide not to post tutorials or links lists because of the thread expiry issue. If they don't have web dev skills, their knowledge might not see the light of day. Thanks again. :goodjob: B) Eek. Sorry to jump in but this is the first I've heard of the 30 day issue! Did I hear right ... threads are <gasp> unavailable to us ANYWHERE after that time. Not even archived somewhere ?!? That would be dreadful, one of the greatest virtues of these boards was the huge fund of knowledge contained in many old(er) threads. |
Silver_Falcon |
Sep 2 2004, 07:48 PM
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Curate Joined: 13-March 04 |
yeah, i knew that nigedo :P
did the 30 day expiry issue happen with the old forums too? my icon tut thread seemed to last much longer than that |
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