lonesoldier 0 Posted June 27, 2003 How? I have a small picture, but it has a black square around the edge of it. I need to know how to make the black part transparent. Also, can the picture still be a .jpg? or does it have to be a .paa, or .tga? Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RED 0 Posted June 27, 2003 The picture must be .paa format to display transparency, save it as .tga then convert it to .paa (it has been a while since I have bothered to do this so there might be an easier way ) RED Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lonesoldier 0 Posted June 27, 2003 Cheers. But, how do i actually make the black part transparent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 27, 2003 I use Photoshop 5.0, but I'll just assume that the process is the same  What ever format your texture is in, you will have to convert it to a .tga file. Go "Window"=>"Show Channels". Now create an alpha channel (assuming it doesn't already have one) by clicking the little icon of a page with the bottom left-hand corner turned up. You can only work in Black=>through Grey=>to White, so try and think of the A channel as a mask. Save your beautifully made new texture as a 32-bit .tga file. Open as a source file in Texview and save as a .paa. Done  (So what does "preview post" mean anyway? ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lonesoldier 0 Posted June 27, 2003 Cheers man "Preview Post" means you can preview your post before you post it, to make sure everything is good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
