Magic pink doesn't show as transparent

Sunday, August 27, 2006 by MistChild | Discussion: SkinStudio

I used 255 0 255 as my background color and saved an image as a bmp but it doesn't show as transparent. How do I get it to work? I'm using Skin Studio Pro 5.0.1.
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Bichur
Reply #1 Monday, August 28, 2006 11:35 AM

Fairyy~
Reply #2 Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:39 AM
Bump

I usually save as pngs - I have trouble with magic pink and bmps

Bichur
Reply #3 Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:42 PM

MistChild
Reply #4 Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:14 PM
I tried saving as a png with a transparent background (created in Fireworks), but the background showed as black.

MikeB314
Reply #5 Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:16 PM

What skin element are you making? Perhaps it's one that doesn't support transparency?

FYI, if you import a transparent PNG or use a transparent TGA, you need to make sure both the transparency and translucency boxes are checked. For a BMP with magic pink, only check the transparency box.


MistChild
Reply #6 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:17 AM
Okay, now it's working, which is weird because I didn't think I changed anything from what I was doing the other day... My next problem is that I still have a pink border around my image. I know that's due to antialiasing and I need to turn it off, but for the life of me I can't figure out where in Photoshop to do that. I've done web design for years so I've never had to deal with setting antialiasing. Just save the image as a jpg or gif and off I go. Where in PShop do I set that? I've also tried Fireworks but that doesn't have an antialiasing option either.

MikeB314
Reply #7 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:03 AM

This is how I do it....

Start with your image on a completely transparent background. Go to Image -> Mode -> Indexed to set it to indexed color (set the Matte to none if it isn't already). That will eliminate any antialised edges. Then switch the image mode back to RGB, add a new layer in the background, and fill it with magic pink. Then, save that as a BMP.


MistChild
Reply #8 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:57 AM
Okay, thanks. I thought there was something in the Save dialog that would do it, but couldn't find it. Wonder why ....

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