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Offline Pooface

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« on: July 12, 2005, 05:11:01 PM »
i made a killer gunsight a few minutes ago, and just tried it in ah. for some reason it wouldnt show up. at first, it was a white sight onthe purple, but it didnt work. then i went back and changed the colour to slightly off white, and it still doesnt work:mad:

anyone know what im doing wrong?

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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2005, 05:33:15 PM »
anyone know anything about gunsights???

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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2005, 06:11:12 PM »
try it on an all blak background (rgb 0,0,0). No need for alpha index either.

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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2005, 06:26:47 PM »
tried it but no effect. here is sight, and what happened:





btw, great job on those 51's mate :aok

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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2005, 06:46:11 PM »
try this: (right click, save as)



You need to save them as idexed files, 8-bit vs the 24bit which it was saved as.

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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2005, 06:47:33 PM »
The sample you posted is in 24 bit color, chang it to 8 bit and make sure the 1st color on the color table is black. If you don't know how to do that just past it over a working gunsight.

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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2005, 06:50:32 PM »
ty waffle, it works well now. i likw what you did with it btw, looks like a real reflector sight:aok how did you do that, u know, fade it and tint the colour. was it something like photoshop with colour temperature?

thanks again mate
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« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2005, 08:37:42 PM »
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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
try this: (right click, save as)



You need to save them as idexed files, 8-bit vs the 24bit which it was saved as.
dude waffle ..

if i give you a sight to work from, can you make it a blue thing like you did there?


AND do you have any IM prog, where i can discuss and learn how you did that?
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« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2005, 08:39:39 PM »
neg on the IM

post the sight and i'll mess with it.

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« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2005, 08:44:35 PM »
cc :( i'd love to learn how to do that... but anyway... here's the jpg, cant hose bmp's at picturehangar




i used that with mucho success in the past....

if you can make it blueish i'll love you long time ;)

BTW i was hoping for a 256 version of it, but never got around to it
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« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2005, 09:30:46 PM »
ok, i figured it out. waffle, what program did you use. i went with mine, but in red, and blurred it a little more with photoshop, and it looks really good. thought you did such a great job with mine so i downloaded yours. theyre great man, they look very real:aok

thanks a lot for the help:D

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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2005, 09:34:46 PM »
mustaine, go over your sight with a slightly light blue (best done in paint using the fill tool). once youve done that, fill the background with black. then, use an advanced program (one that has an image effect tool, and smoothen the image. just do it enough to make it a little blurry. then use it in game. it looks like a real reflector sight :)

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« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2005, 09:43:26 PM »
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mustaine, go over your sight with a slightly light blue (best done in paint using the fill tool). once youve done that, fill the background with black. then, use an advanced program (one that has an image effect tool, and smoothen the image. just do it enough to make it a little blurry. then use it in game. it looks like a real reflector sight :)
i have tried... no luck, im using the wrong parameters i guess lol

in photoshop (which i dont have) i saw someone use the "neon" tool to make what i am talking about.....

i will try again in paint shop, but it does not come out even close.
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2005, 09:49:30 PM »
ok mate, im working on it now for ya

guaranteed waffle will do a better job, but hey, im having fun :)

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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2005, 10:09:30 PM »
ok, here you go mustaine. sorry, it had to be turqoise, because blue was very weak. im using the free trail of paint shop pro, whch aint so good, but im sure waffles will look a bit better. hows this for now?



here's what i did with my one

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