I need help with the Final Smash eyes on the Ice Climbers... [110% RESOLVED]

[Legendary Super Mario]

Hello,

I am here to ask someone to help me edit the Final Smash eyes of Popo... Everything I've tried gives them a white border around the eyes. Even when I use Photoshop it fails me, Mainly because I don't know how to make a Alpha Channel (which is what I need to do) and even if I did I wouldn't know what to do after that...

EDIT: mnsg has kindly went and fixed my FS eyes for me and even posted a guide for how to make these fixes myself. Thanks again!

[DarkPikachu]

if you used paint shop pro 7, I could tell you how to do it...

[Legendary Super Mario]

I sadly don't have Paint Shop Pro 7... Thanks for trying to help though.

[Legendary Super Mario]

Is there anyone with an expertise in Photoshop that can help me with their eyes... I've been tinkering for a couple days now with no luck.

I'd most certainly appreciate it if anyone could help me with this small problem...

Edited top post to make more sense...

[mnsg]

Fixed the Final Smash eyes for you.

http://www.mediafire.com/?abab5no3h8chqzl

[Legendary Super Mario]

Thank you kindly!

Could you also please give me a runthrough on how you do that? I have a lot of texture ideas but characters like Kirby, Lucas and, Jigglypuff have the same eye format for their FS eyes.

[mnsg]

Thank you kindly!

Could you also please give me a runthrough on how you do that? I have a lot of texture ideas but characters like Kirby, Lucas and, Jigglypuff have the same eye format for their FS eyes.

If you're using The GIMP, follow the steps below.  I'll be using Kirby's eye as an example.

1: Open up the eye texture that you want to edit.

2: Choose the Free Select Tool.


3: Using the Free Select Tool, make a circle around the eye itself, as shown on the image below.


4: Next, go to Select -> Invert to invert the selection.  Then, press Delete on the keyboard to get the results below.


5: Finally, save the image, preferably as a TarGA (.tga) image.

6: Although optional, load up Photoshop CS3/CS4 and open the edited eye texture from there.  Check the Alpha Layer, and you'll see that the Final Smash eye isn't messed up.  For further proof, you can turn on/off the Alpha Layer by going to the channels menu.




7: In regards to importing the Final Smash eyes onto the flat-eyed characters, pay close attention to the Final Smash eye texture formats below.

Kirby: RGBA8
Pikachu: RGB5A3
Ness: RGBA8
Ice Climbers: RGBA8
Lucas: RGBA8
Jigglypuff: RGB5A3

While the Final Smash eyes in RGBA8 format will be all right, the RGB5A3 format Final Smash eyes will experience some color , which could make them look weird in-game (especially in Pikachu's case).  Unfortunately, changing texture formats tend to lead to texture errors or game crashes.

Hope that this helps for you.

[Legendary Super Mario]

Oh wow... That's a very detailed guide you made!

Thank you very much! Now I'll be able to make some awesome textures.

[mnsg]

You're very welcome there.