Nifflas' Support Forum
Being Creative => Creativity Support => Topic started by: AClockworkLemon on April 12, 2009, 04:18:39
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Hi Guys, just wondering, If your making a custom tileset or editing a tileset you already have, how do you make the background invisible? whenever I try, It looks good except All the bits that don't have design on them are white, not transperant.....
How do u fix this???? :(
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First of all, what Design Programme are you using? Paint.net? Gimp? MsPaint.
If you're using Paint.net, use the magic wand and make all the parts you don't want transparents, it should look checkered if you've done it right. (White and grey)
But lower the tolerance so not everything is transparent.
MSPaint, pure black works or there is that magenta color. Sorry, I'm not sure what color it is.
Gimp. No idea, don't use it.
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I use mac, so im using PhotoShop... Ill try making it transperent with that.....
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I use mac, so im using PhotoShop... Ill try making it transperent with that.....
With shotophop, you should make sure the mode you're using allows transparency, and then erase everything that should be transparent... also, make sure there is no background layer.
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When you create a new document, make sure background content is fixed on transparent.
If you have a locked background, double-click on the layer in the "Layers" window; a box will appear and just press enter. the you can delete it's content with markee or eraser tool, or suppress the whole layer (providing you do have other layers in your document)
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When you create a new document, make sure Backgro ud content is fixed on transparent.
If you have a locked background, double-click on the layer in the "Layers" window; a box will appear and just press enter. the you can delete it's content with markee or eraser tool, or suppress the whole layer (providing you do have other layers in your document)
:shocked: You stole my answer!
Anyways, when you start it up look at this:
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2enrpd3.png)
Put it on transparency so you have a transparent layer when you start up!
If you have a newer version
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2ik4lkg.png)
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Gimp. No idea, don't use it.
If you don't have photoshop GIMP is pretty much the best thing you can get. 9_9
Transparency in GIMP works pretty much the same as in photoshop.
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Gimp. No idea, don't use it.
If you don't have photoshop GIMP is pretty much the best thing you can get. 9_9
Transparency in GIMP works pretty much the same as in photoshop.
I mean I don't use it.
Not, do not use it as in saying; "don't use that!"
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Well in that case, a letter was missing. :P
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Well in that case, a letter was missing. :P
A word?
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In paint, Total black dosn't work, whats the pinky colour?? (Stupid KS dosn't like it when there is empty squares and I cant use Photoshop at the moment)
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In paint, Total black dosn't work, whats the pinky colour?? (Stupid KS dosn't like it when there is empty squares and I cant use Photoshop at the moment)
If you look around in the forums you might find it.
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Well, here's a Tileset Farik made, use this color of background for it.
Just pick the color and away you go!!
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Well, here's a Tileset Farik made, use this color of background for it.
Just pick the color and away you go!!
The eyedropper tool =)
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Indeed.
In case you lose it or whatever, the color is Magenta: Red 255, Green 0, Blue 255.
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Indeed.
In case you lose it or whatever, the color is Magenta: Red 255, Green 0, Blue 255.
Green? :whoa:
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What about green? Red + blue = magenta.
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Sweet thanks guys! C)p That Worked. The tileset i made works well.
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Happy We Could Help, Lemon. :)
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The Purple/magenta/whatsies-face colour dosen't seem to work, but i'm using Paint.net & Photoshop now so that dosn't matter
Thanks Again
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I'm under the impression that the 'Magic Pink' aka magenta applies only to indexed (256 colours or less) palette images. :)
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I'm using Paint.NET at the moment. I've copied tileset 0 and saved a copy and am using that to edit. The 'transparent' square that's there from the start works sort of right, expect it's completely black in the viewer, but I've been using the eraser to make a tile with a transparent background but that simply appears black in the tileset viewer and black in the screen when I place the tile?
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I'm using Paint.NET at the moment. I've copied tileset 0 and saved a copy and am using that to edit. The 'transparent' square that's there from the start works sort of right, expect it's completely black in the viewer, but I've been using the eraser to make a tile with a transparent background but that simply appears black in the tileset viewer and black in the screen when I place the tile?
Try selecting the layer you're working on. :3
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Wait, what? :huh:
The top-left tile of a tileset will always place a completely transparent square in the editor, no matter what the square on the tileset looks like.
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Err
:/
I mean, that black one in the top left still works like a transparent tile, but appears black in the viewer.
The other stuff there with black background is transparent in Paint.NET, but appears comepletely black...
I'm going to try the whole magenta thing, forgot about that.
EDIT: Hmm, crap. Now it says 'fully transparent tiles were found'
EDIT 2: Actually, I'm probably being stupid and have just thought about why that's happening and am going to fix it.
EDIT 3: Fixed, feel free to ignore me now :)
/fixes own problems
/is useless