Editing the Alpha channel with Gimp
If you're new to modding EQ graphics one thing that's going to drive you crazy is the Alpha channel. Have a read of the forums if you don't know what that is, but trust me, you will need to understand and edit it.
Fortunately, the latest version of GIMP has a decompose / compose feature that lets you get straight to the alpha channel of an image. GIMP is available free of charge under the GPL licence, and can be downloaded from: http://www.gimp.org/windows/ To edit the alpha channel with GIMP:
Note: If at this point you get a messsage saying "No Alpha Channel available", you will need to create one. In the Layer menu, select Transparency and then 'Add Alpha channel'. Anything black in the alpha channel will be transparent in the main image, and anywhere there's white the graphics will be visible. Shades in between can be used to fine-tune the transparency. Edit the alpha channel using any tool you like, you can even copy/paste from the RGB channels if that's easier. Once you've edited the alpha channel for your image, you need to re-combine the 4 channels. To do this:
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PS. Meant to post this in the graphics tutorials section, any chance it can be moved?
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Davids
for gaming on PC high definition graphics and sound system requires.
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thanks myxiplx for sharing link here
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To decompose in more recent versions you have to do this...
To edit the Alpha channel with GIMP:
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