Create a Graveyard [Archive]

ADX

11 Nov 2006, 18:02

Hey guys.
Well, I'm just getting crazy. I'm doing a custom graveyard.
As I saw, have to be 256 colours, and 24x32, but...
How the hell I do transparent background?
I'm using photoshop to edit it, and tryed lot of options. Can you help me?

Thanks!

evilworm2

11 Nov 2006, 18:39

I'm doing a custom graveyard.
As I saw, have to be 256 colours, and 24x32, but...
How the hell I do transparent background?

BMP can't have transparent areas.

KRD

11 Nov 2006, 18:42

RGB 0-0-0 black is treated as transparent by WA.

ADX

11 Nov 2006, 18:51

BMP can't have transparent areas.
I seen that can be :O (Using GIF Movie Gear, and extracting to BMP)

RGB 0-0-0 black is treated as transparent by WA.
The first colour in the palette is this, the #000000. However, I see the background of the grave in the game :(.

If you did any, can you tell me how?

Thanks!

evilworm2

11 Nov 2006, 18:56

I seen that can be

No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_bitmap

Maybe bmp32 but you can't make graves with it.

Do that what KRD suggested.

bloopy

13 Nov 2006, 07:15

The first colour in the palette is this, the #000000.

But is #000000 the colour actually being used in the grave's background? Perhaps it's not saving properly.

Liketyspli

13 Nov 2006, 15:12

ADX, why dont you edit an existing gravestone, and use that black.

ADX

13 Nov 2006, 16:58

Thank you all.
Well, I don't know why Photoshop can't export BMP in 256 colours. I had to export the file into PNG-8 and with MSPaint re-save it to bmp.
Tryed lot of things, and don't know how (lol) it worked, so I won't wonder about how to do it, I'm getting crazy xD

Thanks for your supplies.

Regards,
ADX

bonz

13 Nov 2006, 17:03

I don't know why Photoshop can't export BMP in 256 colours
Photoshop most definitely can do that.
Frankly, I don't know where the settings are at the moment.
As Liketyspli suggested, I too always simply open a working gravestone edit it and save it under a different name. Photoshop then takes over the correct settings.

ADX

13 Nov 2006, 17:27

Oh ok. I'll try ;)

Thanks again masters!

bonz

13 Nov 2006, 20:10

This is how you can create graves with Photoshop that work correctly in W:A:
1) Create your grave (24x32 pixels, 96 dpi)
2) Go to Image > Mode > Indexed color
3) Choose "System (Windows)" as palette (=256 colors)
4) Save as *.bmp

ADX

13 Nov 2006, 21:13

Lot of thanks Bonz, you saved me from the asylum xD (just kidding).

Regards,
ADX