Comments on: TF2 Custom Spray Image with Transparency

By: Help make a meat mountain spray - voogru.com - Online Gaming Community

Help make a meat mountain spray - voogru.com - Online Gaming Community — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:24:04 +0000

[…] Re: Help make a meat mountain spray I don’t have the time right now, but here’s a tutorial on how to do it: Make a custom spray with transparency. […]

By: leth

leth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:35 +0000

@Voyager: tga support on photoshop 7 is a bit buggy, and has been patched. see here: http://nicolaescher.com/journal/article/20/photoshop-7-tga-plug-in-alpha-channel-bug

and, ultimately, here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1544

this got targa transparency working for me in PS7

By: theblahman

theblahman — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:57:12 +0000

@Mark,

In the Channels tab, when you mouse over the buttons, none of them say anything about Alpha. Just do what the tut says and click the second from the left, it will work.

Thanks for the tut! Has worked a treat.

By: Jawa

Jawa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:46:20 +0000

i have Adobe Photoshop Elements. i can almost do my spray but one problem is that i cant find the Channels tab to turn on “Create alpha channel from selection.” can anyone help me or guide me to it X mark the spot please?

By: Voyager I

Voyager I — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:52:29 +0000

I run with PS 7.0, and it insists that TGA files must be saved as copies, which also denies me the ability to preserve the Alpha Channel. As a result, the gray areas of my image are still there when I try to use it as a spray. I tried saving as a PNG to circumvent this (it’s still recognized by VTFEdit and it allows Alpha Channels), but it didn’t work. I suppose I can just come up with some crap to fill it with, but I’d rather not.

Thanks for the guide, though. It’s quite helpful.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:33:14 +0000

@ Mark: I think CS3 says “Save selection as channel” or something along those lines. It’s in the same spot, 2nd from the left on channels palette.

By: Hr. Strane

Hr. Strane — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:31:39 +0000

A great Tutorial many thanks, works fine for me after adding “_english”.

By: Eros Junior

Eros Junior — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:00:15 +0000

Thx for the aid! Loved this. Learned how to make transparent spray!

By: Denyerec

Denyerec — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:14 +0000

Yes, the instructions are for CS3. If you do a google search for “Create alpha channel from selection” you should find a few tutorials that show you with screenshots what’s going on.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:30:51 +0000

Does this apply to Photoshop CS3? Because I can’t find the “Create alpha channel from selection” in channels tab.