paintshop 7 help

[nighthawk1]

LAST EDITED ON Jun-24-01 AT 03:44AM (EST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Jun-24-01 AT 03:44*AM (EST)

i am using paintshot pro 7.02 and painted a skin. i try to save it as us2gp38col2.tga file. when i chick on save it gives me the message below.

"because of the limitations of the file format file format selected the save will be saved as a merged file aslo as a result only one alpha channel will be saved. would you like to continue?"

i tell it yes and add the skin to the locomotive and apparently only one alpha channel was save because only one window is clear.
it will let me save it as a psd or a psp but makeace comes up with an illegal operation when i try to make it into an ace file. microsoft gave the ability to create new locomotives but that didn't make it easy.

thanks

[Xacto]

"microsoft gave the ability to create new locomotives but that didn't make it easy."

You certainly have that right, hehe!

That message you are getting is normal when you save with an alpha in PSP7. You only need one alpha though, that's all that is contained in the original TGA. Maybe you are repainting by using layers and not merging the layers before saving? That still wouldn't explain why only some windows are clear and not others. Before saving, go to "masks", "load from alpha channel", you should see a preview of the alpha, click "ok" and any transparent areas of your texture should show a checkerboard background. If all the windows are correctly transparent there, then you are ready to save as a 24 bit TGA with the 8 bit alpha and it should work fine in the Sim.

If it still doesn't work you can send it to me and I'll take a look and see if there is something wrong.

Xacto
sxdesigns@rcn.com

[nighthawk1]

Well i think i have finally got it down to the way it is being saved. i can load the sample file and save it the same way and without editing the file in any way i get the same affect. when i save it only gives me the options of 8bit 16bit and 24bit i choose 24bit and i have tried it compressed and uncompressed

just incase here is the commandline i am using in makeace
makeace us2gp382col2.tga us2gp38col2.ace -trans

[Xacto]

Leave off the -trans part, it should work then.

Xacto

[RvA1]

Hello Xacto,

This is kind of off the subject but that info was exactly what I was looking for! Now I should be able to make a cab Very Cool!

http://flightsimmers.net/runway/fsdesign/screens/newcab.jpg


Best,

Roger

[nighthawk1]

cool. it works.

thanks for the help.

nighthawk