Transparent Avatars

[sl1982]

i had done it a while back as a test for avalanche but we decided to stick to the normal looking ones

[DarkFang]

i had done it a while back as a test for avalanche but we decided to stick to the normal looking ones

Do you still have them?
Could you release them for the people who want them?
Is there going to be another set made for Team Avalanche?

[sl1982]

Nope
Nope
Nope

[DarkFang]

Alright I'll take a swing at it and see how it goes.

Note that this is my FIRST time using Adobe Photoshop. lol

[pyrozen]

i'd be interested in seeing some avatars that make use of the alpha channel for soft transparency. You could feather the edges inward so the avatrs aren't cut-outs, but it would remove the hard edge that the stock ones have. I might give it a crack later tonight.

lee

[DarkFang]

i'd be interested in seeing some avatars that make use of the alpha channel for soft transparency. You could feather the edges inward so the avatrs aren't cut-outs, but it would remove the hard edge that the stock ones have. I might give it a crack later tonight.

lee

Yeah, I tried and failed.

I'm going to try something with the opening movie.

[pyrozen]

Yeah, I tried and failed.

I'm going to try something with the opening movie.

what exactly happened? were you using the alpha channels? i haven't tried to really use them yet, so i can't comment on how well they are supported by Aali's Driver yet.

[sl1982]

Alpha channels will work fine if you have fancy transparency turned on in the config file. If it is not on the only thing that will work in the menu's is 100% transparent. That may be your problem.

[DarkFang]

Alpha channels will work fine if you have fancy transparency turned on in the config file. If it is not on the only thing that will work in the menu's is 100% transparent. That may be your problem.

Yeah that may be the problem. I'll give it another go. I'll post here if anything works.

[nikfrozty]

BTW I've tried this too with the 10th anniversary party pics and they don't look good because I've done it. Maybe if you do it you can do better?? I'm not really good with photoshop.

[DarkFang]

Added another picture. I still need to touch up on some things.

[Nightmarish]

Those pictures look weird without the blank behind it.

If they were something like this they would look better.
Gradient on the edges (rather than thick edges) and maybe different avatar pictures, though finding a "fitting" avatar image would be a bit hard.




Edit:

Guess the image will show my point better than the video:



Use the link to see it bigger:
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4857/farcasterstatus.jpg

[DarkFang]

Those pictures look weird without the blank behind it.

If they were something like this they would look better.
Gradient on the edges (rather than thick edges) and maybe different avatar pictures, though finding a "fitting" avatar image would be a bit hard.




Edit:

Guess the image will show my point better than the video:



Use the link to see it bigger:
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4857/farcasterstatus.jpg

Something like this?

[Nightmarish]

Something like this?

Well i didn't have AC images in mind. More like "profile" pictures but those are hard to get, if not impossible.
And I meant a fade away in the images corners.

[Gigasonic121]

Those pictures look weird without the blank behind it.

If they were something like this they would look better.
Gradient on the edges (rather than thick edges) and maybe different avatar pictures, though finding a "fitting" avatar image would be a bit hard.




Edit:

Guess the image will show my point better than the video:



Use the link to see it bigger:
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4857/farcasterstatus.jpg

How the hell did you get it too look like that?

[DarkFang]

Something like this?

Well i didn't have AC images in mind. More like "profile" pictures but those are hard to get, if not impossible.
And I meant a fade away in the images corners.

Oh yeah I get it now lol. I just got back from the mall, I'll give it a go here in a minute.

[obesebear]

Notice how in that youtube video the avatar isn't noticeably chopped off anywhere but the bottom?   Try to replicate that.   Doing that, plus using the alpha blending should really make them look better.   I think.

[nikfrozty]

Something like this?

Well i didn't have AC images in mind. More like "profile" pictures but those are hard to get, if not impossible.
And I meant a fade away in the images corners.

If you do Barret with his head you should do Cloud and all the characters with head shots too so they look right when they are seen together. Nice job BTW I can't believe it would look that good.

[DarkFang]

I'm trying to make the bottom fade to transparency. I have the Alpha 1 channel and I used the black to white gradient, but every time I save it as a .PNG and reopen it using Photoshop, the Alpha channel is deselected.

[DarkFang]

OMFG!!!!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes I got very excited lol. I know it's not much, but I'm proud of myself! Took me forever... jesus christ...

You don't know how long this has been taking me lol. First day using Adobe Photoshop and I'm already pulling my hair out... Anyways, is this what you were talking about?


Click for higher resolution!

[nikfrozty]

Damn that's nice, I couldn't have done much better job than you. Anyways how did you do the fading in Cloud's neck?? I want to try.. Hehe
Btw Cloud has a little white on his nose. Well its just a test so it looks great!

[DarkFang]

Damn that's nice, I couldn't have done much better job than you. Anyways how did you do the fading in Cloud's neck?? I want to try.. Hehe
Btw Cloud has a little white on his nose. Well its just a test so it looks great!

Yeah I noticed that. I'll fix it when I do Barret.

[sl1982]

Nice work. Glad to see you figured it out.

[BloodShot]

Woah, that looks pretty awesome. I would love to see how fading would look on the original avatars.

[Hellbringer616]

Nice work. Maybe add a fad out on some of the harsher edges though. look odd to me