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Nailah Firanelli

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01-08-2009 21:17

I am making a skirt from a picture, and what I did was copy and paste the picture from Fireworks into Photohop. The skirt is knee length, and I need to know how to make it transparent form the end of the skirt down. Any quick tips?

SuezanneC Baskerville

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01-08-2009 21:26

Have you read this thread /109/32/80851/1.html ?

It's one of the very useful stickies at the top of this forum, "Transparency and Alpha Channels: The Definitive Guide ".

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Dekka Raymaker

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01-09-2009 02:30

wear skirt, go into appearance and shorten skirt, however depending on the texture this may or may not work.

Rolig Loon

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01-09-2009 06:35

This is a confusing request. Do you want to make the skirt shorter or add transparent elements to the hem? If you want to make it shorter, all you have to do is re-hem it. That doesn't require transparency at all. You just do as Dekka suggests --- wear it and edit the skirt's length. That's about a minute's work or less. If you really want transparency, then you may have to watch out for some of the problems associated with alpha channels in overlapping skirt elements. Be very sure to read all of the sticky that Suezanne recommends.

Part of my confusion in knowing how to respond is that you don't say whether this is a standard SL "painted on" skirt or a prim skirt. Again, the answer depends on whether you really need transparency or simply want to make the skirt shorter, but the techniques you use depend in part on what style of skirt you have.

Making a miniskirt, problem with transparency
Nailah Firanelli Registered User Join date: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 1	01-08-2009 21:17 I am making a skirt from a picture, and what I did was copy and paste the picture from Fireworks into Photohop. The skirt is knee length, and I need to know how to make it transparent form the end of the skirt down. Any quick tips?
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	01-08-2009 21:26 Have you read this thread /109/32/80851/1.html ? It's one of the very useful stickies at the top of this forum, "Transparency and Alpha Channels: The Definitive Guide ". _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Dekka Raymaker thinking very hard Join date: 4 Feb 2007 Posts: 3,898	01-09-2009 02:30 wear skirt, go into appearance and shorten skirt, however depending on the texture this may or may not work.
Rolig Loon Not as dumb as I look Join date: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2,482	01-09-2009 06:35 This is a confusing request. Do you want to make the skirt shorter or add transparent elements to the hem? If you want to make it shorter, all you have to do is re-hem it. That doesn't require transparency at all. You just do as Dekka suggests --- wear it and edit the skirt's length. That's about a minute's work or less. If you really want transparency, then you may have to watch out for some of the problems associated with alpha channels in overlapping skirt elements. Be very sure to read all of the sticky that Suezanne recommends. Part of my confusion in knowing how to respond is that you don't say whether this is a standard SL "painted on" skirt or a prim skirt. Again, the answer depends on whether you really need transparency or simply want to make the skirt shorter, but the techniques you use depend in part on what style of skirt you have.

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