transparency problem

hi, I'm having a very hard time uploading clothing with transparency. I've followed all the tutorials i could find in making alpha channels and saving and it still uploads non-transparent. I even just a few minutes ago opened vint valken's bikini template and made no changes just saved it following her instructions, the alpha channel is already there, but when i uploaded it it's not transparent either.

I'm using Photoshop CS. Can anyone give me any help as to what I'm not doing right?

Yes the alpha channels is checked when saving as TGA and i've tried both 24 and 32 when saving.

thanks!

It's hard to tell without actually seeing your file. It sounds as if you are doing all the right things. Check the alpha channel just to be sure that it is not just THERE, but looks right, too. Open the Channels palette (click the Channels tab), and then click the eye icon next to the alpha channel. Click the eye next to RGB so that it is turned off. You should see the alpha channel image alone on your screen. The totally black areas will be transparent when the texture is uploaded. Anything else will be opaque (if it's white) or semi-transparent (if it's gray). If that's NOT what your alpha channel looks like, then at least now you know where your problem lies, and you can turn you energy to making a correct alpha channel.

If the alpha channel is OK, then the only other possibility, really, is that you are saving the file incorrectly. It needs to be saved as 32-bit TGA. If you save as 24-bit TGA, then you are only saving the three RGB channels, not the alpha channel.

When you upload the file, look at the preview window before you click the final Upload button. Any transparent areas should show up with the checkerboard pattern on them. If you use the pull-down menu in the preview window to view your texture as an article o clothing, the transparent areas should be transparent. If the preview looks OK, then go ahead and complete the upload. The transparency will be where it is supposed to be when you create the clothing article from your texture.

If you have done these things and still don't see transparency, then come back here and add a little more information -- maybe a helpful image? -- so that someone can guide you further.