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Miscellaneous Forums => Archive => Topic started by: andrewmarsh13 on 2007-05-05 00:44:51
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I'm working on new models for the Materia that you see on the field right now, and Pcreator is NOT liking the 256 color bitmaps I'm making for the textures. I was just wondering if I should be choosing a special option in photoshop in the Indexed Color menu. Here's some pics to show you what I'm talking about:
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1718/magicbc9.png)
Here is the texture as an 8-bit 256 color bitmap I chose Local (Perceptual) because it makes it not look like garbage
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8881/pcreatorzc1.png)
Here's how it ends up looking in Pcreator
I mean zoomed out to the size it would actually appear in game, it doesn't look too bad. I'm just sort of a stickler for things not looking nasty.
**EDIT**
I dunno, maybe I'm just being a little harsh on them. They don't look so bad when I'm not zoomed all the way in on them.
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3069/materiasfn2.jpg)
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Well... I found some bugs while converting textures with Pcreator. Sometimes the colors just don't convert properly. Try using ficedula'S LGP tools.
1-Open the char.lgp with LGP Tools.
2-Right click on any tex files and click replace.
3-Select your .bmp file.
4-Right click on the same tex files and click extract.
5-Save the tex files wherever you want.
hope it helped.
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Hmm this is quite interesting seeing as your texture is high resolution but when you apply it in Pcreator it goes all funny is kinda wierd. I could help you out with this if you'd like?
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Sure I mean it's not a HUGE deal yet, I mean you were going to get the models and textures eventually. I was making this for the mod, just as something I thought would be easy.
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Sure sure no probs, every little bit helps :-).
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I'll make a few more item models, and send you a pack of 3ds files and hi-res bmps for you to play around with as much as you like.
**EDIT**
(http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3301/potionck6.jpg)
Whee! Potion Bottle!
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Where is the blue materia? :-P If you can create the blue one I'm surely going to use yours instead of the original used in the PC game.
I need them to create my website menu. If I have your permission of course :-)
I'm very bad with Photoshop and with all other programs like that one :roll: I was wondering if it's so difficult? Because If I can create four or five different view of the same materia color, my menu will be great :-D
Anyway It's a very good work :-)
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If you have photoshop then use this simple tutorial. http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/guest/easy_glass_orb/easy_glass_orb.html (http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/guest/easy_glass_orb/easy_glass_orb.html)
And then use Image -> Adjustments -> Color Balance to make the orb the color you want.
**EDIT**
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/63/itemskx2.jpg)
Here's all the new items I've made so far