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diffident

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« on: February 03, 2004, 02:38:00 AM »
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In fact, it might be possible for me to apply videos AS the alpha mask, too.

I've been thinking about transparency and have just realised what this would mean. I'd be excited beyond measure if it worked out - any news BJ?
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2004, 03:46:00 AM »
At the moment, it's low priority.... but keep in mind, the new "ZPoints" allow you to define a shape and map images to it.

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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2003, 05:43:00 PM »
I have been putting off asking this question for a while thinking mybe I can figure it out but nope so here it goes... I use Paintshop Pro 7 and MXM skinner.. (The brand new release...I think its 5.0) anyways To make my skins but cant figure out how to make part of my pictures transparent so I can see videos behind parts of it? any help would be great!!! smile.gif  smile.gif
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2003, 07:15:00 PM »
Haven't used paintshop pro, but:

In photoshop

The "background" layer is generally opaque.  So delete that layer (duplicate it if it has content on it).  Then select and delete any parts of the image you want to be transparent.  

Transparency in photoshop shows up as a grey checkerboard.

When saving, use File/Save for Web , and select PNG-24 with "Transparency" box checked.

Then import that into skinner and it should work.

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Paintshop pro should have something similar.  Remember to save as PNG.
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2003, 08:57:00 PM »
also, do not save png as interlaced.
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2003, 11:07:00 PM »
paint shop pro will not save the png file correctly (not with transparency).  You will need to use some other graphics program like photoshop or macromedia fireworks.
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« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2003, 08:09:00 AM »
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Yes, it does. I've been using 7.04 for the longest time and it transparency works as advertised. No problem at all, as far as PNG is concerned.


Works fine for me also.
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koldfuzion

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« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2003, 08:40:00 AM »
hrmm im a retard then. smile.gif nothing new there.  I seldom use it,,always using photoshop.

I prefer to use dds over png though.. skins seem to run better with them.
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2003, 09:00:00 AM »
QUOTE (koldfuzion @ Oct 30 2003, 01:40 PM)
hrmm im a retard then. smile.gif nothing new there.  I seldom use it,,always using photoshop.

I prefer to use dds over png though.. skins seem to run better with them.

Plus you get nice alpha channel effects....

I'm still looking for the magic shader code that will allow me to use a grayscale image independently as an alpha mask for an image element.
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geniusalz

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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2003, 07:55:00 PM »
Hmmm ... alpha channel works with PNG too.
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2003, 08:03:00 PM »
QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 31 2003, 12:55 AM)
Hmmm ... alpha channel works with PNG too.

Cool.... didn't realize that.
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koldfuzion

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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2003, 08:04:00 PM »
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I'm still looking for the magic shader code that will allow me to use a grayscale image independently as an alpha mask for an image element


That would be great.

Im itching to play with the random image tag now that you have that going too.
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geniusalz

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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2003, 05:48:00 PM »
QUOTE (BenJeremy @ Oct 30 2003, 02:00 PM)
I'm still looking for the magic shader code that will allow me to use a grayscale image independently as an alpha mask for an image element.

Image element... so that includes videos too? cool!
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2003, 06:16:00 PM »
QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 31 2003, 09:48 PM)
QUOTE (BenJeremy @ Oct 30 2003, 02:00 PM)
I'm still looking for the magic shader code that will allow me to use a grayscale image independently as an alpha mask for an image element.

Image element... so that includes videos too? cool!

Yes, it should be applicable to videos.

In fact, it might be possible for me to apply videos AS the alpha mask, too.
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