The image will appear white instead of black (this is the "background" I mentioned before). The last thing you need to do is close the file and then re-open it. (IMPORTANT: Make sure you save the TGA file as" 24bit uncompressed" format!) You now have edited the alpha channel of the image. First, you must delete the original alpha channel, and then save the one you have just edited to the image as a new one.
A window should come up which show the current alpha channel present in the image. When you are done, go back to the "masks" menu and select "save to alpha channel". Saving your new Alpha Channel and scrapping the original one Edit the alpha channel to your hearts desire. Now that you have an "editable" alpha channel layer, go to the "Layers" menu and delete the original alpha channel layer so that the only layer left is the new one you just created. If you don't do this you will only be able to edit the painted part of the alpha channel. This copies the current alpha channel to a new layer, which you can freely edit. Once you have the Alpha Channel loaded, move to the "Selections" menu and click "Select all", then copy and "paste as new layer". In order to view the alpha channel, go to the "Masks" menu and select "Load from alpha channel". Open up Paint Shop Pro and open up the TGA file that you want to change. When you look at the window you can see through everything except the painted part. Think of the background as being a window and the alpha channel as being paint that covers parts of the window.
The alpha channel is the part that will be shown in the game. The background is all transparent, and isn't seen when being displayed in the game. This is the "background" part of the picture. When you open a TGA file up using PSP, the picture will appear all black. TGA files feature a background and an alpha channel. * The basics of Paint Shop Pro and image editing in general. This short tutorial assumes you already know: People assume that it is only good for simple graphics editing because of what they read. Paint Shop is a powerful program that costs a fraction of what that other graphics program costs. There is a misconception that Paint Shop Pro is not powerful enough to do advanced texturing for OFP add-ons. By toadlife - tutorial was done using Paint Shop Pro 6.
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