Making Units Transparent

[RTW King]

How do you use Photoshop CS2 to make units see-through? I'm fairly new to skinning, so could you make it clear, eg. tell me what button to press etc.

[King of Atlantis]

Well theres no button to press, but heres a little tutorial...


You know the little tab with all the layer?

Well after layers it sats channels, click it. When you have done that click on the alpha channel. To make things easier on yourself, press the view RGB Channel, but dont click on it to change it...

Once Alpha is selected, you make you the paint brush. For complete transperant use black, but for transperancy use a shade of grey. The darker the shade the more transperant.....

Well hope that helps, ive never done it, but that is how its done....

[RTW King]

Didn't you use it for your headless horsemen in War of the Heavens?

[King of Atlantis]

I made them completely invisible. If thats what you want then just use black, for transperant use grey.....

[Sundjata Keita]

No for transparent (invisible) use black and for translucent (partially see-through) use grey ;)

[King of Atlantis]

o, oopps,

I was thinking tansperant means see through...