Skinning Problem - Can't save Windows as DDS

[Adam Parle]

As it says in the title, I'm having a few problems with the skin I'm putting together.

I've got the Alfa_GTA_Windows (Style 1).psd and then edited them to put driver name/simracing banner/logos etc onto it, but when I come to save it as a DDS it says there are too many channels....

Can anyone give me a hint as to what the problem is??  (Other than having too many channels)

Cheers,

Adam.

[Madd-RIP]

If you're using photoshop you will have to flatten the image, this option is found in the LAYER tab, this will then allow you to save as a DDS format.

[Adam Parle]

  THANKYOU 

Knew I'd missed something out, and couldn't figure it out (although not for lack of  trying last night).

Finally getting my arse in gear and doing a few sklins, hopefully I'll be bringing a couple of friends of mine onboard to make up something resembling a team too.

I'll look into rendering it and hosting etc so you guys can see what you think.

[TinMan]

It would be nice if some skinning genius could do an idiot's guide (for us idiots) to "skinning with Photoshop"


TC

[OSiriS]

http://tmfiles.net/rftut/tut1.php

It's for rfactor but the techniques are universal.

[Adam Parle]

As far a photoshopping goes that's one of the better ones, although with a bit of trial and error I got there.  Same with actually getting the car imported as a standalone, got there in the end.

BCP Racing will hopefully be off the ground come GTR2.

[Adam Parle]

Rendering it was too much hassle, but after much saying I would give skinning a go ...... here it is:



Hoping to reso it at some point as there are still bits I'm not that happy with.

[Adam Parle]

....One thing is the name etc on the windows (and the logo itself) are almost invisible, is it a question of chopping the alpha layer behind the relevant bits?

[OSiriS]

Ya if you want anything on the windows to be opaque you need to edit the alpha layer accordingly.

[Adam Parle]

Cool, sorted that now.

[TinMan]

http://tmfiles.net/rftut/tut1.php

It's for rfactor but the techniques are universal.

Cheer - I'll try to get my head around this


TC