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LSChicky Fredericks
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Join date: 21 May 2004
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05-26-2004 21:41
Is it possible to do multiple transparency. If so, do you just use Multiple Alpha Channels? or is there something else?
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Catherine Omega
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05-26-2004 21:43
What do you mean? Provide an example where you would use this.
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LSChicky Fredericks
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05-26-2004 21:45
Like on a shirt where you would have part of the shirt a solid color, and then another part would be a a parshally transparent part. (see through shirt type)
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Cybin Monde
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i think i understand..
05-26-2004 22:21
..and the answer is:
grey. longer answer: to get semi-transparent cloth, you would want to use grey-tones. like for a sheer material. black = solid white = invisable 50% grey = 50% invisable ..and so on. is this what you were looking for? _____________________
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Grim Lupis
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05-27-2004 04:45
Like Cybin said...
But, to answer your question, you can only have one alpha channel in an uploaded image. So you use a single alpha channel where the color varies from white to black through various shades of gray. _____________________
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Damien Fate
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05-27-2004 05:10
You can only have one alpha channel, but that alpha channel can contain 256 variations of transparancy ranging from 0 (fully opaque) to 256 (fully transparant.)
So you want to play around with your alpha channel (it's black and white. White is opaque and black is transparant) _____________________
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Davo Greenstein
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05-27-2004 06:07
umm alpha channel is shades of black and white...
Cybin isn't it the other way around ? wanna see something make that area WHITE Wanna clear seethrough ,make that area BLACK want something solid but with a tiny see thru quality - LIGHT GRAY See thru with a hint of texture - DARK GRAY see this sample pic : of an AV cutout Davo's AV cut out Alpha Example |
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Beryl Greenacre
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05-27-2004 08:09
I think that what you're asking is can one part of a clothing item be transparent or semi-transparent, while another part is opaque, and the answer is yes. Just set the individual layers of the clothing item to the transparency level you want (there is a little sliding bar from 1-100% on each layer). Like, if you want a sheer net shirt with a bikini top underneath, set the net shirt layer to, say, 60% transparency and set the bikini top layer to 100%. Then do your alpha channel afterwards.
(This is assuming you're working on Photoshop, I haven't used Paintshop Pro before and can't really comment on it.) _____________________
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Grim Lupis
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05-27-2004 08:11
Originally posted by Beryl Greenacre Like, if you want a sheer net shirt with a bikini top underneath, set the net shirt layer to, say, 60% transparency and set the bikini top layer to 100%. Then do your alpha channel afterwards. bikini top to 100% transparency? Why even wear one?  _____________________
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LSChicky Fredericks
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05-27-2004 10:34
Thanks everyone. This helped!
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Cybin Monde
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DOH!
05-27-2004 19:03
yeah Davo.. i had it backwards. thanks for the heads up.. lol
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