Photoshop Skinning Tutorials.

[roryn]

ok thanks for help guys

iv fixed the text problem so the battles load but the skin on the units still isnt changeing

may it be because i havent installed the DDS utilites properly?

[Halie Satanus]

Are you editing RTW skins or BI??.

[roryn]

rtw

[roryn]

it works fine with BI just not on rome

[makanyane]

Where exactly are you putting files? make sure its not in packs/data/models_unit if you've unpacked there that's not read by game its just for your reference. In rtw you need to add textures folder so you have rtw/data/models_unit/textures and put new textures in there. You may also need to change the name of the texture (in the tga and in descr_model_battle.txt) so that it looks for your new tga and not the one that's still in the .pack

[Zivica]

I have plug-in just don't know to use it

[roryn]

Where exactly are you putting files? make sure its not in packs/data/models_unit if you've unpacked there that's not read by game its just for your reference. In rtw you need to add textures folder so you have rtw/data/models_unit/textures and put new textures in there. You may also need to change the name of the texture (in the tga and in descr_model_battle.txt) so that it looks for your new tga and not the one that's still in the .pack

ahhh i think that may be the problem.

ill come back later and post if it works

[roryn]

kk i got it working on BI but no look on rtw lol

[Zivica]

Uff it is hard...i am sucha a n00b, well I will find someone from forum to help me

[Dr. Acculla]

I keep getting a weird black square around my units shields is there anything I can do to stop this?

[Narakir]

keep getting a weird black square around my units shields is there anything I can do to stop this?

Your skin's alpha isn't done correctly. You sould have layer called alpha in you DDS file if it not cover the shield edit it yourself.

[Halie Satanus]

Section 4 of the tutorial explains alpha channels.

[Dr. Acculla]

thanks dude!
Edit = How do I find the channels?

[Halie Satanus]

Look at the pic in section four (1), the box on the right where layers-channels are, click on the channels tab.

[Dr. Acculla]

Really sorry turns out my channels were fine I just saved my skins the wrong way Im thankful that people have the patience for n00bs so sorry for the hoo ha.

[Ahmose]

great tutorial

i realize that in photo shop or gimp when an image is resized it losses its sharpness

is there any other way to avoid that

There is a way to avoid that. When you open the image size window use the option explained in the picture below, the last one. Naturally it makes the images more sharper while resizing it. Of course this feature is in photoshop CS2.

[Sith_Lord]

Sorry, but i really want to mod and reskin... is there anywhere I can get a free download of photoshop elements or w/e...?

[Neuron]

Emperor of ice cream. i guess your guidance will save people like me desperate for editing real structures of the units.
and i hope i could introduce your lectures to some korean sites if you don't mind. and i'll mention about the origianal source of this lecture and the writer.

i really appreciate this work. i really do.

[Halie Satanus]

Sure go ahead.

[Matthias the great]

hello,
my photoshop don't want to open dds and texture.... this is my first feet in photoshop....
thanks