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I can make skins, mods, everything that i want on photoshop. The thing is i cant make alpha channels with photoshop. I usually make the two pictures (Texture and Alpha channel) and use them in another basic program to export targas and dds with both things.

Can anyone help me? Teach me how to control alpha channels in photoshop? Or is there a tutorial u can point me in?
Jive Wrote:I can make skins, mods, everything that i want on photoshop. The thing is i cant make alpha channels with photoshop. I usually make the two pictures (Texture and Alpha channel) and use them in another basic program to export targas and dds with both things.

Can anyone help me? Teach me how to control alpha channels in photoshop? Or is there a tutorial u can point me in?

WHere you can select layers etc etc etc click on the tab Channels and add one Channel. There you go you have an Alpha Channel
Ah ok! Tks... DDS files suport alpha channels right?

To save a dds file with alpha channel i need to change the save setings?
you need an nVideo plug-In just google for nVideo .DDS Photoshop PLug-In it should be the first hit.

And DDS files support Alpah channels as long they are not set to DXT1 shaders Naughty
This tutorial explains things in some detail.
K, tks. Smile
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