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Blp?
Oct 1, 2008 23:00:42 GMT -5
Post by Subaki on Oct 1, 2008 23:00:42 GMT -5
Is .blp the only available format for skins? What software do you use to convert them?
I can make tga's. do i just need to change the extension?
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Blp?
Oct 2, 2008 0:54:06 GMT -5
Post by Moongaze on Oct 2, 2008 0:54:06 GMT -5
Just make a TGA file. The addon will load BLP files first and, if they aren't found, will load up TGA files. I choose BLP files because they are a little smaller than TGA files and since they are all grayscale button images, I didn't lose any image quality while converting/compressing.
If you make a TGA file for the button skin or the sphere skin, remember to add a alpha layer that will be used as the mask so that WOW knows what pixels are to be shown or ignored while drawing the TGA file on the screen. Also, save the TGA as a 32 bit file, not 24 bit. The extra 8 bits come from the alpha channel that is added =)
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Blp?
Oct 2, 2008 19:54:38 GMT -5
Post by Subaki on Oct 2, 2008 19:54:38 GMT -5
Thanks! I'll be sure to mess around with this when the raid's over tonight =D
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