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Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/25/2017 9:44:34 PM

tarzanofmars

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I've tweaked some of these files (added sharpness and clarity to mountains, added more scrubs in arid, created a stage station/cabin hex etc) for my Plains Indian Wars map WIP (120k hexes) and I don't own Photoshop. I tweaked them in lightroom, and when I load the game I get this. I would be grateful if someone could fix these so they will work in game :)

https://i.imgur.com/gltJK48.jpg

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101MdXYJpxQ-Xbtg8RluhqXMb9Z8MxJ2S?usp=sharing

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/25/2017 10:55:09 PM

tarzanofmars

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Or explain what I can do with paint/lightroom/Gimp to mod tiles and not have the above issue? I've looked for a tutorial but haven't found one

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/25/2017 10:57:07 PM

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Get Paint.net.

Tools > Magic Wand
Flood Mode = Global
Click on white area > hit Delete
Save File

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/25/2017 11:00:04 PM

tarzanofmars

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Thank you for the help!

When I go to paint.net it takes me to a construction painting company ha, you have a link by chance?

Edit getpaint.net lol got it

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/26/2017 2:09:03 AM

KaiserMaulwurf

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Nowadays I use Clip Studio Paint. It costs around 60 bucks which is not bad in comparison to other options like Photoshop.

Here are your tiles with the opacity fixed- It's not perfect, it works a lot better if you edit with the transparency channel intact.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S-3rhSNWnTgyrdozloq4Pu-zdqMgFB0v

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/26/2017 3:39:45 AM

sPzAbt653

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Paint.net works well, and it is free. The classic III graphics were converted using it, found here:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4378126

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/26/2017 7:00:52 PM

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I have Gimp and it is great for more in depth graphics I think, but this paint.net is awesome for quick things like transparency and cut/paste etc, it's like a more capable paint program.

I've turned the airports into a small outpost (for 1800's) and the nuclear into a fort type structure and took the concrete out of the urban hexes for towns etc. I'm about to attempt to put a different grassland type into the slot used by one of the urbans I don't need.

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/26/2017 8:20:38 PM

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Just keep in mind that even if you change a terrain's appearance, the game keeps its original behavior.

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 12/28/2017 7:14:25 PM

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ORIGINAL: tarzanofmars

I have Gimp and it is great for more in depth graphics I think, but this paint.net is awesome for quick things like transparency and cut/paste etc, it's like a more capable paint program.

I've turned the airports into a small outpost (for 1800's) and the nuclear into a fort type structure and took the concrete out of the urban hexes for towns etc. I'm about to attempt to put a different grassland type into the slot used by one of the urbans I don't need.

I use GIMP pretty much exclusively for all work I do, while I use PSP for batch runs with scripts. I did a little how-to with GIMP for modding CS files, it has the transparency thing you asked as well. See HERE. Hope it helps.

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RE: Could someone make these PNG's background transparent? - 9/6/2018 1:23:42 AM

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The holy grail of plugins for Paint.net is here https://forums.getpaint.net/forum/44-plugin-packs/

BoldBait's and Pyrochild have the best collections. Amazing stuff. BoldBait has a very easy "transparency" plug in.

I just tweaked other people's work and added some of my own for SC3. Sipres counters (I made the Germans -20 transparent using BoldBait's plug in), Welch's map. I changed the map a little and added my own collection of German planes and my mod of the naval units.

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