Static CounterStrike: Source UEA spray tutorial (using transparencies)

[SmJe]

Tutorial by pooman[uk]

This is intended for Counter Strike: Source. The tutorial is written using Photoshop 7.0, but everything is applicable to version 7.0 and above (no guarantee's with < 6.0 however).

On a side note, if you are using version 7.0, as a standard installation, it doesn't support TGA files with alpha channels, I have included the TARGA plugin (targa.zip) (instructions included), and you'll be able to follow the tutorial correctly. (Photoshop CS comes with support for TGA)

I won't be going into detail on how to create graphics, there are plenty of sites out there that deal with that, I will however be giving you an initial graphic (the UEA logo created by myself), showing you how to apply a layer style to it that incorporates transparencies (namely a drop shadow), and then how to take this information and put it into the alpha channel so that it looks correct in-game.

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[SmJe]

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SmJe

[AwptimusPrime]

What about using other software such as paint?

[poomanuk]

Well you can use paint to do a non transparent spray and just save it as a jpg, but paint doesn't support the tga format so you wont be able to make transparent ones like in the tutorial

[Drifter]

Do you really use 128 128 128 for the gray at the end? i and babiblu use 127 and it seems to work... im guessing it dosnt make a difference?

[KalTorak]

127 and 128 are so close it wont matter drifter.

[Drifter]

Originally Posted by KalTorak

127 and 128 are so close it wont matter drifter.

thats what i thought wanted to make sure.

[poomanuk]

Originally Posted by Drifter

Do you really use 128 128 128 for the gray at the end? i and babiblu use 127 and it seems to work... im guessing it dosnt make a difference?

Drifter pal the reason we use 128 128 128 is because thats 50% black, but like Kal says 127 will work just fine it will just make different shades of black more/less visible by uping or downing the values

[Drifter]

Originally Posted by poomanuk

Drifter pal the reason we use 128 128 128 is because thats 50% black, but like Kal says 127 will work just fine it will just make different shades of black more/less visible by uping or downing the values

yea i thought of that after At first i thought it would effect the transparency of the spray. like sometimes that little gray box in transparent sprays.. but yea figured it out after and 128 is exactly half wont make any difference but ill use 128 now its easier to remember lol.

[SmJe]

Does anyone want me to add that explanation into the tutorial?

I could do it in 2 secs?