Squad Noseart Tutorial

[BMathis]

so what hes saying is by maintaining the 176 background color, when it gets in the game the game servers will see the 176 color and make it appear transparent in the game.

I thought that too. So I went array somewhere then... I see the Grey Background in game 

[Fencer51]

Make sure you use 176,176,176 in the color.

You can also use 255, 255, 255 which is all white.

[The Fugitive]

I thought that too. So I went array somewhere then... I see the Grey Background in game 

 

That where the trouble comes in. When you convert the picture down to 256 colors it will tweak it a bit off and it is no longer 176.

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Mathis.  Use Bright to index. 

ReDhAwK

[BMathis]

Mathis.  Use Bright to index. 

ReDhAwK

I used the search feature for the link you left, but couldn't find Bright...... Can someone get me a link to that please? I'll use that instead of the lame one I got

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Sent it to you via PM Mathis.

ReDhAwK

[Chilli]

Bump to Sticky 

Desiring opaque properties for nose art, I accidently saved a transparent file from gimp and to my amazement  it worked when I checked it in online mode (manually changed the CO.bmp file in my squad folder).  I believe that as stated in the tutorial, when submitted to HTC the grey frame would return and all the transparent properties would be lost.

I only mention this because my test for my nose art is usually to view it in online mode.  So, to ask the million dollar question, "Can any level of opacity be achieved in the current noseart?" 

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Heya Chilli,

Unless Superfly or someone comes on and says otherwise, then to my knowledge, no opacity within the graphic itself other than the transparent (176,176,176) background color. The reason I say this is because native transparency (or alpha transparency) cannot be written within a bitmap format.  There are formats that do support it (.gif, .png) but not bitmap.  Bitmap extensions automatically assign white to any portion of a graphic you would have (alpha'd) transparent.

So in a nutshell.  IMO, unless HTC accepted .gifs or .pngs, no opacity changes in the graphic can be reflected in the game.  Thats why HTC gave us 176 in the beginning.

ReDhAwK

[Chilli]

Agreed.  I discovered the opaque appearance by mistake.  I am certain that when submitted it would not retain either the transparency or opacity.

So, another reason for this thread to be a sticky.  Unless the proper file properties and colors are submitted, the results may be unexpected.

[Shuffler]

Their servers recently crashed and they lost some stuff. That may be why bright is no longer available there.

[AcesHighMan2]

Where do you get photosho p do you download it from the iternet or buy it in a store?? 

[Lord ReDhAwK]

You buy it.  Keep in mind that any layering art program will work.  I just happened to write the tutorial using Photoshop.

ReDhAwK

[96Delta]

The Bright plug-in is also available for
Paintshop Pro - a much cheaper program
than Photoshop.

[gyrene81]

If you don't want to pay anything for a decent photo editor program - Gimp http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

Plugins, addons, tutorials...all for free.

[TequilaChaser]

for those less fortunate and low on funds......you can also use

Paint.net

it is similar to photoshop and paintshop pro and MS paint combined..........

it is freeware  but it uses the .net framework  that some people do not like ( search for posts by Skuzzy regarding some of the reasons )