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☖ Forums → Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy Editing Forum → saber transparency?
saber transparency?
2002-05-15, 12:02 PM #1
how do i make my saber blades more or less transparent?
2002-05-15, 12:04 PM #2
and how do i get the blades different shapes like thinner and stuff?
2002-05-15, 1:11 PM #3
Well, the transparency colour is black, so adding more black will increase transparency, and removing black will decrease it.

-TIE
2002-05-15, 2:03 PM #4
Shaders, alpha channels. Good stuff.
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2002-05-15, 3:18 PM #5
where can i find them to edit them? alpha channels are the black and white things en stuff right? and as for the add more black does that mean the darker i make it the more transparent?
2002-05-15, 3:40 PM #6
Just use PhotoDraw [or] PaintShop Pro and mess around with the picture settings.

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2002-05-15, 4:03 PM #7
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Wiggin:
[...] and as for the add more black does that mean the darker i make it the more transparent?</font>


Yes, exactly.

-TIE
2002-05-16, 12:09 PM #8
but but what if i want its darker and less transparent? lol
2002-05-16, 12:12 PM #9
TIE is partially incorrect. Darkening the image's RGB will NOT make it translucent. First you make your normal texture, then you add the alpha map, which is a monochrome version of your texture. You can then edit the alpha map to however you see fit.
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2002-05-16, 1:40 PM #10
Well, I simply added a semi-transparent layer of black to my sabers, and that seemed to succeed in making them more translucent...

-TIE

[This message has been edited by TIE_14 (edited May 16, 2002).]
2002-05-17, 2:50 PM #11
um where do i find these alpha channels or how do i make um?

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