.Map :: MoHAA Mapping

Heya I would like to learn how to create an alpha channel (masked stuff) to a custom texture.
For example this one:



So the black would be invisible in the game.
Could someone explain me how I can do it, just simple I don't need a whole storie

I'm using Paint Shop Pro 8

Thnx

Hmm I only know how to do it with Photoshop

Fairly easy. Take the wand tool, adjust the settings so that it just selects the black area and mess around with the channels menu - there's something like 'load alpha from selection'.

Excuse me, were can I find the wand tool?

It should be one of the options under the selection tool on the left. It looks like a microphone. Any tool, with the down-pointing arrow, has more options.



You can add to what the wand has selected by right clicking it on a new area and picking "add to selecton"--at least that is how it works in photoshop 5.5.

Okay thanks rookie and tltrude, I'll try

By the way, do I have to do something with the shader of the texture for the alpha channel? Because I saw something about it in shaders.

At0miC wrote:By the way, do I have to do something with the shader of the texture for the alpha channel? Because I saw something about it in shaders.

Sure u'll have to. Easiest way would be to copy/paste one of the other masked textures and change the folders and names