Compass - Photoshop 7 Help!
 

Alright i'm making a compass and I use Alpha channels/quick mask to make parts invisible, now i' supposed to make sure that when I save it I make sure the Alpha Channels box is checked so it saves them. One problem: when I go to save and I choose Targa (TGA) as the format Photoshop 7 wont let me check the alpha channels box! What do I do?

This is why i switched to psp7..way easier... You only need to save it to alpha-channel 1. up top is there a setting masks...then save to alpha channel?

Nope sorry that's not there, if it helps i'm following Scarface's tutorial. Come on there must be some Photoshop 7 users out there who can help me!

i also use photoshop 7 but only for skins theres 2 much messing around for alpha channels so use paintshop pro 7.xx

So Paint Shop Pro will let you save alpha channels (invisible bits) in TGA format?
Can someone please give me a tutorial on how to do alpha channel invisible bits in Paint Shop Pro then pleae? cry:

i have a scope tutorial...using psp..u can apply the same methods with the compass....

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zagz/tuts_scope.htm

So no help for Photoshop then?
Oh well I guess it's ff to PSP for me!

if you have a "Special" version of photoshop 7, you are screwed. But if you bought it, go to Adobe.com and get the 7.0.1 update patch that fixes the .tga/alpha channel problem. You shouldnt have a problem with the compass, however - you only need the tga/alpha thing if you are including a shader file with it, I believe.

Thanks the patch worked perfectly! I also got Paint Shop Pro 7 aswell, so i'm fine now. Thanks for all your help! biggrin: