Any Full Tilt Mods Yet? (1 included)

[iwannawon]

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So if I had a Alpha CHaqnnel in my cards3.psd file, I could resize and save as cards0.png. Then resize the PSD again, and save as cards1.png, without ever having to close the PSD file? I could make all of PNG's using the same PSD file, without having to re-size everything from the cards3.png? I will give that tutorial a thorough read (just skimmed it so far), and I will refer back to it, when I am working on my next deck (12.10-6 row).

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in theory yes, but as images resize, they resample and pixels blend. some pixels that you have set to be black (transparent in alpha) would turn grey as they blend with the white ones. it would probably need some cleanup. it would most likely be faster to have one master opacity file per card size. when you make a design, flatten it and copy it to the file with the alpha channel. then resize the original to a new card size and then copy that to a different master file for that size's alpha channel. hope that made sense.

although, i just opened some of the files i posted from home here at work. my alpha channel was flattened with the image. we have photoshop cs here. i have an old version 5 at home and it keeps it intact. i can edit it directly in the png file. i don't like this new way at all. it's another reason to keep it in a seperate file. once you have each file done once, you shouldn't ever have to do it again as long as the size of the cards don't change. if i figure out a way to keep the alpha channel intact after the file is saved/reopened in the newer pshop versions i'll post again.