Spray Tags

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 16th, 2004, 16:00

Ok, so I'm trying to make a spray tag with transparency parts to it, but I'll be damned if I can't get it to work properly. Is there anyone here that's made them before so I can ask them, rather than be subject to the snickering insults of "OMFG U SUK!" or the like? :D

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » December 16th, 2004, 16:03

-=LaNiMeL=- always goes on about them, so he's probably your best bet.

PM him, or try to catch him on xfire

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » December 16th, 2004, 16:05

I made one for CS a while back, I remember it annoying the piss out of me for ages but suceeded in the end, I think it was with wally, i'll have a look when I get home and try and work it out.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » December 16th, 2004, 16:07

Last time I made a Spray Tag it was for Half-Life... it just used grayscale for transparency- i.e.: black=100% opaque, white=100% transparent.

Things have probably moved on since then though.

I'm sure Google will be very helpful, if you offer it some biscuits.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 16th, 2004, 21:20

Google has led me to threads with the 12 year olds I'm so affraid to look at

I'll just screw around with it some more. I've tried Wally, but the damn thing keeps showing up as a solid color rather than transparent.

Post by **deject** » December 16th, 2004, 21:37

If you're talking about CS 1.6 then I can't help you. I've been trying to recreate my Che Guevera pic to import into CS 1.6 without any luck. CS:S is much easier...

--LaNiMeL-- · Post by **--LaNiMeL--** » December 17th, 2004, 0:10

Hmm Err Dunno, Neva Used Transparency Before . . . Only Basic Stuff. . will Try, L8rz

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 17th, 2004, 2:31

deject wrote:If you're talking about CS 1.6 then I can't help you. I've been trying to recreate my Che Guevera pic to import into CS 1.6 without any luck. CS:S is much easier...

Nope, I'm talking CS:S. I can get them in, i just can't get them transparent.

Post by **deject** » December 17th, 2004, 4:34

the gif's don't keep the transparency? weird...

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 17th, 2004, 5:25

The little spray tool import doesn't let you bring in GIF files. Just JPG, BMP, TGA and VTF files.

Some of the write ups for transparency say to make sure the background it pure blue (O, O, 255) and that should show up as transparent, but it doesn't look that way.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 17th, 2004, 5:58

Sucess! I have managed to get it to work by loosely following the tuorital found here. I didn't follow it exactly. Because the lil' preview window showed the background as opaque when i used the VTF file, so I went back and tried the TGA and it worked.

Here's a pic of the tag in action:

and for those who wish to use this tag, you can nab it right here

Huzzah!

viper_2090 · Post by **viper_2090** » December 17th, 2004, 9:34

Nickface wrote:Here's a pic of the tag in action

That is bleeding' fantastic!! woos all round

Post by **Joose** » December 17th, 2004, 9:40

yes! yes!

/5punks

Post by **fabyak** » December 17th, 2004, 11:09

that is magnificent!

*5punks all over the place with joy*

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » December 17th, 2004, 14:22

That would be most accurately described as fucking great.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » December 18th, 2004, 17:57

Fucking good work Nickface!

Any chance of sending the image in it's modified format, so that it can be sticky'd for other 5punkers to use?

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 18th, 2004, 22:25

Sure thing. But please define "Modified Format?"

I think the .TGA I linked to should properly work if imported to CS:S. I can also send you the PSD or however else you want do it can be utiliized. You'll just have to wait for me to get back from work

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » December 19th, 2004, 10:38

Sorry, I didn't see the TGA file link

--LaNiMeL-- · Post by **--LaNiMeL--** » December 19th, 2004, 12:51

That Has Got To Be Probably The Best Tag I Have Ever Seen!

Nickface I Bow Down to Your Tag Creating Powers!

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 19th, 2004, 14:09

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Sorry, I didn't see the TGA file link

I put it in a very out of the way place. My bad.

Spray Tags

Spray Tags

FUCKIN AMAZIN!!