So i'm making one of these
It's a tavor automatic assault rifle. It's as accurate as a sniper rifle, because it has a red dot built in making it so you don't have to sight in a scope, and is incredible for close range. I'm still working on the model and then i'll make the shaders. the only thing i don't have is the zoom in screen, i am looking for something like this

So yeah maybe not as much at the bottom but something like that, i can't do it because i don't have gimp or photoshop so i can't edit the alpha channel. So if someone can get me that i would be very happy and will post it and give credit to them in the weapons WIP thread
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 21, 2011 at 01:53 PM

Well, GIMP is free, http://www.gimp.org/

I know it's free, but no one can ever seem to get me a win 7 version

YOu do this with animations, not some fail overlay.

I thought of that, and have seen it done before, but the problems i see with that are.
1. that most of the time they use the left trigger for that, taking away the ability to throw grenades
2. I want it to be a zoom
3. every time i see that done it's, slow, not always responsive, never lined up correctly, ect ect you get the idea. i would much rather do it using the zoom method

GIMP works in W7 0.o

The installer says for windows xp SP2 or newer, i thought i remembered hearing somewhere that the normal one didn't work for win7, i'll try it though

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=3741

This weapon has a red dot scope when you zoom. Rips ftw.
Edited by Echo77 on Aug 21, 2011 at 02:56 PM

OMFG YTF did someone tell me it didn't work, oh well, thanks you guys, not only did you help me get the thing that this thread was made for you also got me gimp, so thank you

E: now i need a custom zoom in screen tut, if you've got one
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 21, 2011 at 03:06 PM

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?search=zoom+in+scope&B1=Search
first result

windows XP SP2 or NEWER...
windows 7 is much newer...
It works fine. I use it all the time.

The version of Windows 7 i have doesn't come with windows Medea player, trust me i spent a week of my life looking for it before and even got tech support in on it


So can someone tell me how to make and edit an alpha channel in gimp please? i'm kinda like new to it, like only been using it for 30 min
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 21, 2011 at 04:37 PM

Right-click the layer and add a layer mask.

White(full opacity)
Black (full transparency)
Layer's alpha channel
Transfer layer's alpha channel
Selected
Grayscale copy of layer
Channel


Witch one am i supposed to select?

E: okay so i added a white(full opacity) layer mask and edited it. I right click and hit alpha to selected and the alpha is now set as it. Now how do i remove the layer mask without making the alpha turn back to white?
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 22, 2011 at 07:33 PM

The modder does it however the hell he wants

Um...Thank you?. So can you tell me how to remove a layer mask without resetting the alpha back to strait up white?

I'm sure he already said that he wanted to do it with an image, and I acknowledge his choice. Your post was not needed. neither was mine.

But now, however, something is needed. can someone please tell me how to remove a layer mask without setting the alpha back to white?

If you read the link i posted (and maybe the other pages in the tut), you will learn how to do that.

http://pixlr.com/editor/

my alternative im willing to share :3 no need to download anything

render the gun with the texture at the angle you want in 3dsmax and re-render it with the environment set to all black and the background color set to all white and save the image and open it in photoshop or paint and invert the colors to create the alpha channel.

I recall having 3ds max already giving me an alpha channel whenever I rendered in a black environment.

If there is no layer mask yet, add layer mask>transfer layer's alpha. Then right-click the layer mask and disable it, and then right-click and delete it.

You can choose any of those options for making your own-- basically, the layer mask is a b+w overlay that shows how transparent the image is (white is opaque, black is transparent). Right-click the layer mask, there are 3 checkbox options you can toggle on and off-- show layer mask, edit layer mask, and disable layer mask. Choose edit layer mask and you can paint on the layer mask however you want. You should probably also turn on show layer mask when you're editing it. If disable is checked and show is unchecked, you can see the image without any transparency.

When i did that it reset the alpha back to strait white, Just a blank white sheet, no editing at all. i saved it and converted it and it has no alpha in guerilla


So step by step.
1 add layer mask and edit it to my liking
2. hit right-click and hit alpha to selected
3.(and this is where it kills it) right-click and hit disable layer mask
4. (and this completely destroys it) right-click and hit delete layer mask
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 23, 2011 at 03:00 PM

E: i would really like to be able to make HUD things and such, so can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?
Edited by grunt_eater on Aug 25, 2011 at 08:27 PM