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#1 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 10:26 AM
alpha for posters? -> "wall tattoo"?
hey there,
i searched for a tut for this kind but can´t find it, i´m very sorry if i´m just dump and haven´t seen it.

this is my question:
is it possible to "include" an alpha in posters? so they have no border?
i wanted to realize some "wall tattoos", as they are called in germany with a few of my own graphics.

here is a sample for them, and i think they are also called "wall stickers"?
http://www.threadless.com/news/2501...s_WALL_GRAPHICS


also, do you think it would be possible to make some of them fitting on windows? like those window color pictures little kids do sometimes? :D

i would love to start right away, thank you for your time reading this!
with best regards

emu
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#2 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 10:32 AM
Not only possible, but already done: http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=309078

To include an alpha in the recolour, you'd want to make your texturing in whatever program (Photoshop or other) with a transparent background, and then save it as a PNG to retain the transparency. Then, when bringing your textures into SimPE using Build DXT, you'd set it to DXT3.

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#3 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 10:41 AM
oh, thank you, i didn´t know its THAT simple. o.O an i was searching like somewhat for the alpha, thank you. ^^"

and do you also know if it would work with windows? i want to make a "free poster", i don´t want to color every window of its own new vor the window colors. - is it possible? :D

thanksalot for your fast answer!
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#4 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 10:44 AM
You could just use that wall overlay and put it on a window using a combination of the moveobjects/snapobjectstogrid cheats.

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#5 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 1:59 PM Last edited by emulux : 25th Apr 2009 at 2:25 PM.
well, i did as you said, setting it to dxt3, even this typical checker pattern shows up, but ingame the background is black.

also, for more posters, i imported them again , did "save as", and clicked commit. but just one showed up in the recolors. o.O i´m a bit confused because they -are- package files. will work on that now.

thank you for the hint, i´ll try it later when the transparency will show up. -.-"

best regards
emu



(edit: ahh, it was the "blend" setting, sorry! o.O
well, the last thing i want to find out is:
can you expant the postersize? or do someone know about a "one-wall-sized" poster i may recolor?
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#6 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 4:06 PM
new problem:
now theyshow up transparent, but one file have a wrong preview and the other previews for the other partially transparent posters are black.
did someone had this problem before?
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#7 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 4:36 PM
Try ctrl-clicking or ctrl-right-clicking on the preview images. That'll regenerate them and should fix it.

Regarding the size, I'm pretty sure pixelhate's -are- full wall size. Should be anyway...

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#8 Old 25th Apr 2009 at 4:48 PM Last edited by emulux : 25th Apr 2009 at 5:02 PM.
i´m sorry, it didn´t help here, its stil ike this:

the preview is transparend and the grey dude, but set on the wall its thwe cleaning boy. o.O
i think i have to do them all new, but i woud love to know what was wrong, i try to find -these- files. (if i don´t find them, i cant delete them too - also, i have to know where they are (not in saved sims) to send them to a friend.
i´m very sorry for being troublesome.


edit: even when the saved sims and the download folder are empty (exept the color enable file) the recolors show up, same preview, but instead of the cleanerboy another posterpicture. i really really wonder where these files are.
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