Audgisil Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hello, I'm working on a mod in photoshop, and the one thing I cannot figure out is how to add some kind of alpha channel or transparency that I can then save in a bmp file that Combat Mission can then use. I know it's likely something simple that I'm neglecting, but any help would be greatly appreciated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Umlaut'c comments near the end of this thread may be helpful. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/115874-released-umlaut%C2%B4s-factory-mod-set-and-bitvagorod-map/page-3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zveroboy1 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Save as bmp 32 bits I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audgisil Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 It worked perfectly. For the life of me, I couldn't figure it out last night, but I notice now that I was creating a layer mask instead of an alpha channel, so I couldn't get the "save alpha channel" option to even highlight when saving the file. Of course, I fixed that this morning... and the very next thing I did was then save it as 24 bits out of habit, which also didn't. Thanks to you both for the help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagler Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yeah you have to save in a certain bit rate for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rake Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Yeah you have to save in a certain bit rate for some reason. 8 bits per channel for the RGB channels, and 8 for the alpha channel... I kept making the same mistake as the OP until I remembered I was dealing with four channels, not three Oh, one more thing... Every time I make a selection, I've learned to save it as a separate channel (I'm assuming you're using Photoshop). That way, if I screw something up, which I'm often prone to do , at least I don't have to recreate the selection; just load a "new" selection. Edited March 18, 2015 by Rake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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