Ghastly pink transparency
Monday, June 25, 2001 by AJCrowley | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I'm still pretty much a beginner at skinning, and one thing had been giving me trouble in particular. When making WindowBlinds skins, the transparency is that god awful pink colour, which is fair enough, as it prevents anyone from exposing my delicate eyes to it in an actual skin. The problem comes in that when I do stuff in photoshop, it tends to anti-alias into the pink, and I end up with pink edges around my work where this has happened. Is there an easier way to clean this up than by hand, or better yet, support for PNG or TIF with transparency? If not, is it possible to change the transparent colour to something that may not be so noticeable? K thx bye.
AJCrowley
Reply #3 Monday, June 25, 2001 2:35 AM
Reply #3 Monday, June 25, 2001 2:35 AM
Thank you sir, I shall look into it, I've just never noticed an anti alias option for a lot of the tools, but that's not to say it's not there. I must say I'm a little disappointed that I will not be able to include that lovely colour into my upcoming "Miss Cleo" themeset though.
"Da cards, dem neva lie."
Miss Cleo, 2001.
"Da cards, dem neva lie."
Miss Cleo, 2001.
Xymantix
Reply #4 Monday, June 25, 2001 12:41 PM
Reply #4 Monday, June 25, 2001 12:41 PM
You still can! Instead of an RGB value of 255,0,255 you can use all sorts of similar colors like 254,0,255 or 255,1,255. Don't let your imagination be stiffled - use every imaginable derivation of magic pink in your artwork! Skinning should give you the freedom of expression - don't let the skin spec fence you in - revolt I say and use those pinks!
(Just kidding of course)
(Just kidding of course)
kenray
Reply #5 Monday, June 25, 2001 1:49 PM
Reply #5 Monday, June 25, 2001 1:49 PM
Xy is right, you can define any color you want to be the invisible color.
And if you have not taken enough instruction in Photoshop to know about the anti-aliasing options, perhaps you would better invest your time, at this point, in taking some more.
www.photoshopclub.com
www.adobe.com
and of course, that big wonderful book that came with your fully legal and registered copy of Photoshop.
And if you have not taken enough instruction in Photoshop to know about the anti-aliasing options, perhaps you would better invest your time, at this point, in taking some more.
www.photoshopclub.com
www.adobe.com
and of course, that big wonderful book that came with your fully legal and registered copy of Photoshop.
AJCrowley
Reply #6 Monday, June 25, 2001 4:26 PM
Reply #6 Monday, June 25, 2001 4:26 PM
As it happens, I've been using Photoshop for quite some time now, and as of version 6 I actually own a genuine copy for once in my filthy thieving life. RTFM though? Reading manuals is against my religion or something. 
Alexandrie
Reply #8 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:50 AM
Reply #8 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:50 AM
what I do is merging the layers with anti-alias on a medium grey layer and paint all what I want in pink manually (this case don't use anti-alias).
Make some test to be sure you don't have too many medium grey left all around.
Make some test to be sure you don't have too many medium grey left all around.
craeonics
Reply #9 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:55 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:55 AM
Hmm, I usually stick a non-anti-aliased layer on top where I make the pink spots pink.
kenray
Reply #10 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:52 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:52 AM
another solution:
make yer skin, then save a copy of it
open the copy
run the threshold up until you get just an outline of the skin (the threshold will be 2 tone)
paste a copy of that "outline" image into the top layer of your actual skin.
use the magic wand tool (with anti-aliasing Off) to select the area outside your skin surface.
fill that area with magic pink.
invert selection and hit delete.
now you have a perfect mask for your skin!
hehehehhehe---easy
make yer skin, then save a copy of it
open the copy
run the threshold up until you get just an outline of the skin (the threshold will be 2 tone)
paste a copy of that "outline" image into the top layer of your actual skin.
use the magic wand tool (with anti-aliasing Off) to select the area outside your skin surface.
fill that area with magic pink.
invert selection and hit delete.
now you have a perfect mask for your skin!
hehehehhehe---easy
Dangeruss
Reply #11 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:14 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:14 PM
Jafo spake: "I'd be lost without that pink"
Wouldn't we all, mate? Nudge, nudge wink
Wouldn't we all, mate? Nudge, nudge wink
AJCrowley
Reply #12 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:56 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:56 PM
Many helpful comments. Thank you people. You see kenray, who ever RTFM with photoshop?
kenray
Reply #13 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:10 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:10 PM
heheheh AJ,
everone who's certified and making a handsome living off of it...
also, if you read the manual, you can be that nice person who goes on newsgroups and messageboards and answers all those really silly questions the newbeez ask...hehehehehehehehhehe
(oh, and then you'll know how to record your own action sets ...look "actions" up in the manual, it'll save you a year)
everone who's certified and making a handsome living off of it...
also, if you read the manual, you can be that nice person who goes on newsgroups and messageboards and answers all those really silly questions the newbeez ask...hehehehehehehehhehe
(oh, and then you'll know how to record your own action sets ...look "actions" up in the manual, it'll save you a year)
craeonics
Reply #14 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:43 PM
Reply #14 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:43 PM
If I ever get me a lgeit version of PhotoShop, I will definitely read the manual. If only to see if there's something I've missed.
AJCrowley
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:59 PM
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:59 PM
I am making a tidy living off of it, well at least Photoshop is a small part of it. I'd say I know photoshop pretty well now (I've been using it for about 7 years), and the anti-aliasing thing was a silly oversight on my part. The trouble I have with manuals is that they're so often useless, anyone that tried to learn Flash by reading the supplied manual will know this, still, can't hurt to take a look, I'm sure I could've saved myself hours in the past reading the Photoshop manual, but what's done is done.
kenray
Reply #17 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:46 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:46 PM
7 years without ever knowing about the anti-aliasing option...y'know, if this were a courtroom, I would have to cross-examine you to the point of weeping on that statement.
but this is just a silly little messageboard, so i will just go over here and snicker softly to myself.....
...with the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Faerie.
but this is just a silly little messageboard, so i will just go over here and snicker softly to myself.....
...with the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Faerie.
AJCrowley
Reply #18 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:49 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:49 PM
Curse you Kenray. If you'd been using pirated copies of photoshop for years (since version 3 I think), then finally decided to buy it, because, frankly, it's worth it, would you read the manual? Ok, so I'm a horrible monster and I pray for death
kenray
Reply #19 Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:11 AM
Reply #19 Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:11 AM
hehehe...and if you'd been using it since before it had a version number, at your company, as a job, you would certainly know more about it than to be up in here asking about anti aliasing...
but seriously, i am just bussin yer chops...noo harm meant.
so, did i hit it on yer screen name?
a reference to Alistaire?
"you can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave"
but seriously, i am just bussin yer chops...noo harm meant.
so, did i hit it on yer screen name?
a reference to Alistaire?
"you can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave"
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Reply #1 Monday, June 25, 2001 1:41 AM
think about what you just said:
"The problem comes in that when I do stuff in photoshop, it tends to anti-alias into the pink"
the optimal word here is "anti aliaas"
if you look under your options for any selection tool, you will see a little check box marked "anti-alias"
Turn It Off.
For painting, make general, un-anti-aliased shapes and paint inside them.
Thusly, no anti aliasing problems, eh?
Also, ,the "ghastly pink" is used, almost universalllly as the transparent color, because, it doesn't occur in nature, and almost never occurs in anyones art. It's just that ghastly.
therefore, it is the perfect color to be deemed "invisible"...