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# 1 04-10-2006 , 07:42 AM
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using alphas

I am having some trouble with some stickers I have placed on a bike. I am trying to make the space that surrounds the sticker transparent. In order to do this I know you have to make the surrounding area black but all that happens is the bit that I want to be transparrent is now black. I am saving my textures in targa format and ticking the alpha channel check box. Any ideas to resolve this problem are much appreciated.
 
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# 2 04-10-2006 , 08:46 AM
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make sure the alpha is designated to make transparant the areas you want. White is opaque and black is transparant.

Just to make sure I clarify, the alpha channel is seperate from the actual texture. Just making the area on the texture black won't affect the alpha.
 
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# 3 04-10-2006 , 09:53 AM
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could you please let me know how do I go about making the alpha channel seperate.

Cheers leon
 
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# 4 04-10-2006 , 11:10 PM
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if you watch mtmckinley's free tutorial on alpha channels you should be all set.

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