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You should download the direct x sdk, and pull the texture tool out of it. It gets a start menu shortcut if you install it all the way.

This will allow you to use all 255 levels of transparency in a tga file. Black is completely transparent, white is completely opaque, every color in between is a different level of translucency. Actually there are 16,581,375 levels of transparency, but only 255 of them are noticeable in the human eye.

Using this method you would create two images, one being your actual image, the other being a greyscale image containing your alpha mask. You open the image first in the direct x texture tool, then you Open Onto Alpha Layer the alpha mask image. I believe you can also open the final image into a preview with a background image of your choosing for visual testing. This method only allows for saving into a dds file, but those are the most efficient texture formats around for windows computers.

03-14-2007, 06:21 AM	#2
shillingworth A Predatory Creeper Join Date: Dec 2002 Server: Bertoxxulous Posts: 251	You should download the direct x sdk, and pull the texture tool out of it. It gets a start menu shortcut if you install it all the way. This will allow you to use all 255 levels of transparency in a tga file. Black is completely transparent, white is completely opaque, every color in between is a different level of translucency. Actually there are 16,581,375 levels of transparency, but only 255 of them are noticeable in the human eye. Using this method you would create two images, one being your actual image, the other being a greyscale image containing your alpha mask. You open the image first in the direct x texture tool, then you Open Onto Alpha Layer the alpha mask image. I believe you can also open the final image into a preview with a background image of your choosing for visual testing. This method only allows for saving into a dds file, but those are the most efficient texture formats around for windows computers. __________________ "Computers are like Air Conditioners, they stop working properly when you open Windows."