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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => ArmA - Editing/Scripting General => Topic started by: JasonO on 22 May 2007, 19:39:06
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Hi
I have an image I want to appear on screen at the beginning of a map. I know the format of the picture has to be jpg, paa or pac and 2^x X 2^y in size.
I have a 512x512 image with transparency. How would I convert this to paa for transparency in TexView ? I tried opening it as a TGA image and it didn't do anything.
I will then need to add the image in the description.ext, but i'm quite confused about that. (A resource I think?)
So, what do I need to do to get the picture converted and to show in game ?
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TexView can convert a TGA with transparency to a paa. Once you have your paa go to the Ed Depot(ED), and look under Tutorials/Sounds,Cutscenes and Custom Resources here (http://www.ofpec.com/ed_depot/admin_list2.php?type=tu&cat=cu). Find and read General Barron's tutorial. Then ask your next question.
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Hmm the TGA needs to been exported into a certain format I guess.
I can get the image into game now but for some reason TexView won't open my TGA file. I am using Paint Shop Pro 8. My TGA is uncompressed. I only have the option for 8 bit, 16 bit and 24 bit, which I have all tried.
Any idea on what format needs to be used?
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Ack. I have only done this once or twice myself :whistle:
Make sure you are saving your transparency layer in the TGA. The format should be 32 bits, maybe :whistle:. I remember having a problem because PhotoShop Elements would not save a TGA in this format, so I either used ImageMagick or The Gimp to do it. Not sure about full blown PhotoShop, but I would be surprised if it did not save in all possible formats.
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The tga file must be saved as 24 bit, the alpha channel uses 8 bits making a total of 32 bit, and it must indeed be uncompressed.
Texview should accept that, then you can resave as .paa.
Make sure the dimensions are a power of 2 as mentioned before.
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