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Offline moed

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Alpha Channels
« on: August 17, 2009, 07:03:24 PM »
Question:

How do you make a registry spotlight using Photoshop?

I know that when I open up a hull texture (for any given ship) and look at the channels, I see the alpha channel but when I try to apply a lighting effects spotlight filter on it, the option for lighting effects is grayed out. I can apply a spotlight filter to the RGB channel but once again, not to the alpha.

Thanks in advance  :D

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Offline Kirk

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Re: Alpha Channels
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 07:42:55 PM »
My sig, click glow tutorial.
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Re: Alpha Channels
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 08:20:55 PM »
that reminds me, if you still got that copy of Paintshop, can you figure out how to make those Spotlights for adding to ships on it?
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Re: Alpha Channels
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 08:51:26 PM »
There is no good way to do that. Like I said in the tutorial, the area you select will be turned into a white area in your alpha.
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Re: Alpha Channels
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 10:18:17 PM »
you can always convert the alpha to an rgb map
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Re: Alpha Channels
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 01:48:57 PM »
Moved to modding.

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