TGA, PNG and WindowBlinds translucency.

Cool!

Wow, Adam! That's very cool. I love the way you implemented this. Thanks.

Sounds great!!! thank you

Really great. I hope it will work!

But personally I don't have problems with Tga's..

Lucky me!

Looks great but if you want you can copy the TGA plugin from Photoshop 7.0 and replace the TGA plugin of Photoshop CS. This plugin is called Targa.8BI and is located in a folder called File Formats, inside the plugins folder. Work's fine.

danillOc,
only if you own Photoshop 7 as well and you know where and how to do it. and even if there is another solution to the problem for Photoshop, mind that Photoshop was virtually the only editor for 32-bit TGA's (hadling them properly) not just one of many (not sure if a variation of Paint Shop Pro couldn't do it), now even Adobe has deserted skinners!

I use The GIMP to edit Windowblinds skins but it didn't properly save TGA files. I used to have to open them afterwards in PSP7 and then hit save (without making any changes) for them to be useable in skinstudio\windowblinds.

Thank you very much danilloc for that fix for the targa plugin. it works!

The new Photoshop CS2 (version 9) supports 32bit targa files, there is no need for any conversion

The new Photoshop CS2 (version 9) supports 32bit targa files, there is no need for any conversion

Cool!

However, not everyone can afford it. Heck, all those years I never found a reason enough to justify such an expense!

There still pretty much is a need for the conversion.

i have paint shop pro 8 and i cannot save a 32bit .tga file. highest is 28. i need 32 bit in order to make transparency and use another program that converts the 256x256 pixel would-be 32bit .tga file into a .vtf file which would result in a game "spray" in counter-strike source.

my plee for help: how can i make a 32 bit .tga file using paint shop pro 8? ive been searching for plug-ins and addons everywhere on google for the past 2 hours. i stopped to post here, in hope of smoe help. this is the cloest ive found in finding something that might help me.

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i have paint shop pro 8 and i cannot save a 32bit .tga file. highest is 28. i need 32 bit in order to make transparency and use another program that converts the 256x256 pixel would-be 32bit .tga file into a .vtf file which would result in a game "spray" in counter-strike source.

my plee for help: how can i make a 32 bit .tga file using paint shop pro 8? ive been searching for plug-ins and addons everywhere on google for the past 2 hours. i stopped to post here, in hope of smoe help. this is the cloest ive found in finding something that might help me.

i have bookmarked this page. please reply soon

unfortunately I do not know the answer to your problem with PSP and that's why the feature is there in the first place.

You do NOT have to use TGA any longer with your image editor. SkinStudio will convert them back ant forth into a PNG file. I'm using it with Photoshop Elements 2 on a daily basis and it really does its job.

well theres no transparency in a jpg. counter strike source doesnt allow PNGs for the spray. u can use a jpg for the spray and the game automatically converts it into a vtf, which is the standard and only file type in order to use the spray feature while your playing.

my problem is i have a problem that turns 32 bit tga into a vtf file so that i can have transparency in sprays, altho, i cannot save any creations to a 32 bit tga.

to clearify, the spray in-game is technically a logo. to understand what i mean, picture a game like counter strike, and when u hit a button, it "sprays" your logo which is a 256x256 image. jpgs are adjusted to fit in this window frame of 256x256, smaller things are stretched, larger things are crushed. if u save whatever your working on, lets say your name under a desert eagle pistol, with no background (aka the transparency), into a tga. u run a program called vtex that converts the tga into a vtf file in which the game accepts and looks exactly like it did as a tga when you saved it. although, if u save the image as a jpg and try using the jpg in the game for the spray, it will be fuzzy and the background will be white, no transparent features whatsoever. keep in mind both, jpg and tga copies, are 256x256.

thats why its important that i save my work as a 32 bit tga file so: 1) it has transparent features and 2) it looks great.

another example of a transparent spray in counter stirke:
a fake model of a player with a transparent background to fool the enemy when sprays strategically around a corner, or behind an object.

well theres no transparency in a jpg. counter strike source doesnt allow PNGs for the spray. u can use a jpg for the spray and the game automatically converts it into a vtf, which is the standard and only file type in order to use the spray feature while your playing.

my problem is i have a problem that turns 32 bit tga into a vtf file so that i can have transparency in sprays, altho, i cannot save any creations to a 32 bit tga.

to clearify, the spray in-game is technically a logo. to understand what i mean, picture a game like counter strike, and when u hit a button, it "sprays" your logo which is a 256x256 image. jpgs are adjusted to fit in this window frame of 256x256, smaller things are stretched, larger things are crushed. if u save whatever your working on, lets say your name under a desert eagle pistol, with no background (aka the transparency), into a tga. u run a program called vtex that converts the tga into a vtf file in which the game accepts and looks exactly like it did as a tga when you saved it. although, if u save the image as a jpg and try using the jpg in the game for the spray, it will be fuzzy and the background will be white, no transparent features whatsoever. keep in mind both, jpg and tga copies, are 256x256.

thats why its important that i save my work as a 32 bit tga file so: 1) it has transparent features and 2) it looks great.

another example of a transparent spray in counter stirke:
a fake model of a player with a transparent background to fool the enemy when sprays strategically around a corner, or behind an object.

I think you may enjoy this little app I've written a while back which is available here

You can drop the PNG on it and it will save the TGA's for you.