Help w/ Transparency

[herecomesashton]

my friend needs help w/ this......idk if there is a FAQ that answers my question but here it is

It's difficult to place, so I guess the best place to start is what I've found out so far.

I know magenta is supposed to be used for what is transparent, (and black on some textures... ??) But when I use it, it's still there as a blob of magenta. And, oddly enough, sometimes when I try to create them, it asks me if I want to make magenta transparent, when there isn't even any. If I click yes, it says there's "erroneous colours". And a lot of times, it just says that out of the blue, like for Zelda's eyes. It's for that reason that I can't do Toon Link textures. They just won't create. And I've tried every different setting I could think of when saving and everything, but they still won't work... it's very irritating.

[Register]

Indexing.

For the record, ASH will ALWAYS ask you to answer 'y/n' to +1/+2 textures... If you didn't mess with them, just "n" and press on.

HOWEVER.
In this case...

Textures that are NOT +2 and have applicable black blotches in their Alpha Layers, can have transparency. (Mess with the Alpha Layer.)

Textures that ARE +2, you use Magenta.
After you Magenta the appropriate area (ff00ff), you need to go to Image -> Mode -> Index Color... and apply appropriate Indexing properties. (Make sure not to exceed the original Index of the texture file or it will corrupt [Erroneous Colors]!)

This is assuming you're using ASH and Photoshop.

...If you have no idea what I was talking about, search around for ]Syntax Error['s texture hacking guide. It explains how to appropriately Index +1 AND +2 textures.

[mnsg]

If you're using The GIMP, you can edit the normal textures with ease, but only a few indexed textures work with that program. Lucario's face and Sonic's eye are a few indexed textures that work with The GIMP, but Meta Knight's eye has to be indexed through Photoshop in order to work.

[herecomesashton]

Ugh. I hate Photoshop. I can't find the alpha layer thing...

and where can i find their guide

[VILE]

Jun 7, 2009 18:49:48 GMT -5 herecomesashton said:

Ugh. I hate Photoshop. I can't find the alpha layer thing...

and where can i find their guide

If you don't want to use alpha layer and want to delete things. Use PS7.

[powermarshall]

I'm having trouble with ASH and index.

I'm using Gimp and have set Snake's "Atoma" to be a index color since it's +2. I set it to about 200. Open ASH, it asks me, I hit y, and it goes away. help?

[mnsg]

Jun 8, 2009 9:55:45 GMT -5 powermarshall said:

I'm having trouble with ASH and index.

I'm using Gimp and have set Snake's "Atoma" to be a index color since it's +2. I set it to about 200. Open ASH, it asks me, I hit y, and it goes away. help?

It's very likely that you didn't index that texture in Photoshop. Not all indexed textures can be indexed through The GIMP; doing so usually leads to the erroneous colors error or causes ASH to quit before step 2 is even complete.