Transparent spray tutorial

-Jv-

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Ok, so I read Fuse's exellent tutorial on how to make a spray, but I'll explain my way here.

Requirements: -Photoshop

Difficulty: Easy


Let's get started ! First create a new Document (I use 256x256 so there won't be any distortion by the game.)

Fill up your spray with something nice, This is what I came up with:
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Now with your background layer hided:
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And create a new layer (Name it "Selection") on top of all other layers.
Now go to Image->Apply Image:
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Now CTRL+Click that layer. You should now have a selection.
Now open the channels window (Window->Channels).
And create a new channel.
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Now make sure your background color is set to WHITE
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And press CTRL+Backspace (This schortcut fills your selection with your background color.)
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Now you can remove the "Selection" layer we made.

Now fill your background layer with 50% gray (press SHIFT+F5)
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save it as a TGA, It is VERY important you save it as a TGA. Now open up your source game and import it. And CHECK save with alpha channels.



Hope this makes everything clear, Have any question ? PM me or ask in the thread.
 
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j-vizzle for shizzle haha thanks man i been wonderin how to do this :P
 
Wow, great way to bump a thread from 2 months ago, that was created about 5 months ago.
 

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