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The background color has absolutely nothing to do with transparency for the format of TGA EQ uses.

The TGA file needs to contain an alpha channel. The easiest way (for me) to make sure it does, is to start with an already existing EQ TGA so that an alpha channel already exists. I'll then resize the image, and edit the RGB channel and alpha channel as I see fit. The alpha channel is a black and white image; full white is 100 visible, full black is 100% transparent, and all 98 shades of gray in between are varing levels of translucency.

In photoshop, ctrl+4 is a shortcut to the alpha channel (and ctrl+~ goes back to the RGB channel).

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08-23-2006, 04:17 PM	#59
Haliken Quintessence of EQUI XML Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 773	The background color has absolutely nothing to do with transparency for the format of TGA EQ uses. The TGA file needs to contain an alpha channel. The easiest way (for me) to make sure it does, is to start with an already existing EQ TGA so that an alpha channel already exists. I'll then resize the image, and edit the RGB channel and alpha channel as I see fit. The alpha channel is a black and white image; full white is 100 visible, full black is 100% transparent, and all 98 shades of gray in between are varing levels of translucency. In photoshop, ctrl+4 is a shortcut to the alpha channel (and ctrl+~ goes back to the RGB channel). Enok