Can Someone Help Me

i was woundering if any one could help me out im not sure if any of you use phototshop or not buy i was woundering if any one new how to make things transparent a guy in sl told me to go to what im makeing transparent and clear the back ground and then save as targa.


now maybe this will help you tell me i want to make a nike symbol trans parent he said clear the background around the symbol then save as targa 32 bit i did but once i cleard it it turned pink so does any one no how to help me

/me points up higher on the Texturing Tips forum and says, "read Transparency and Alpha Channels: The Definitive Guide by Chosen Few."

I don't have Photoshop but I do have GIMP. I'm sure anyone using PS can do the exacty same thing.

Start with a transparent backgound for you canvas. You have that option when you "create a new image" in GIMP. Then "open as layer" the picture or logo you want to cut the background out and have transparency inside of a default color for the background. Merge the layer and background and resize to what upload size you desire (512 by 512 pixels works for most). Save as targa (tgq) at 32 bit.

There might be another easier way but that is pretty simple for me.

Good luck.

THANK YOU I WAS HAVEING SO MUCH TROUBLE THIS ACTUALY SEEMS LIEK IT WILL WORK

i followed what u said i went to new open transparent then i draged the symbol whole onto the transparent then i cleard behind it then opend another trans parent then draged it fromt he first onto the second sized it up and saved but it dident give me option to make it 32 bit....

That's because you need an alpha channel. Peggy's instructions don't tell you how to make one.

Once again, read the sticky posted at the top of this forum. Yes, it's long, but that's because Chosen's instructions are exhaustive. You don't need to read all of it; just the part dealing with the application you use. (PS, in your case.)

Or you can go to my site, to the newest Alpha Channel Tutorial, read a version that's PS only and includes pictures, or simply download and install the Photoshop Actions, and use them.

You'll also find a link to the Flaming Pear Solidify plug-ins (they are free.)

If you use the Actions that include the Flaming Pear filter you can make an Alpha Channel, with no white halo, with a single mouse click.

Alpha Channels are extremely simple, very basic, and ridiculously easy to make. I think the reason that we have so many questions about them here is what I call the "Glazed Eyeballs Syndrome."

When we are faced with something that we expect to be difficult, our eyeballs glaze over, and we can't believe that it's simple. So we make it very, very hard. (I tend to do the same thing with simple, basic arithmetic.)

Just relax, take a deep breath, and trust me when I say this is a snap. Anyone can make successful alpha channels. It's the easiest thing there is to do in PS. It really is.

The three sticking places, that people stumble over all the time, are;

1. You can't see them in PS. They don't seem to have any effect on your image at all. This is because they are really just saved selections, and are used for hundreds of things besides transparency. SL only uses them for transparency, though, so that's all you need to worry about here.

2. There can be only one. If you have more than a single Alpha channel, the image will upload with a totally white alpha (complete opacity). When you look at your channels palette in PS, you should see the combined RGB thumbnail at the top, then the R, G, and B channels, and then exactly one black and white Alpha channel. (It can be called anything, the name isn't important.) If you have more, delete the extras. In PSE, if you look at the Delete Selection dialog, there should be exactly one name in the list. If there are more, delete the extras.

3. They must be uploaded as 32 bit Targa (.tga) files. This takes two dialogs; the first one where you save your file, the second where you choose your bit depth. If the "Save Alpha" is dimmed in the first dialog, you don't have an alpha channel. Go back, and make one, following the instructions in the linked tutorial above. However, checking that dialog will not give you an alpha channel. You must also check the 32 bit radio button in the small dialog that pops up next. (8 bits per channel X 4 channels (RGB and Alpha) = 32 bits.)

As you can see, none of this is difficult.

Hope this helps!