Tutorials:STF Conversion Tute Step 11 - Revision history

Porkypine: /* Copy Texture and Create Specular Image */

2013-03-09T23:53:27Z

‎Copy Texture and Create Specular Image

Porkypine at 23:32, 9 March 2013

2013-03-09T23:32:15Z

Kiwi tea at 16:05, 17 September 2012

2012-09-17T16:05:39Z

Porkypine: /* Copy Texture and Create Specular Image */

2011-02-13T22:04:45Z

‎Copy Texture and Create Specular Image

Porkypine: /* Blend background colors */

2011-02-13T22:01:39Z

‎Blend background colors

Porkypine: /* Copy Alpha to Channels */

2011-02-13T22:00:04Z

‎Copy Alpha to Channels

Porkypine: /* Copy Alpha to Channels */

2011-02-13T21:58:55Z

‎Copy Alpha to Channels

Porkypine: /* Good Enough */

2011-02-13T21:56:38Z

‎Good Enough

Porkypine: /* Make the Alpha */

2011-02-13T21:55:01Z

‎Make the Alpha

Porkypine: /* Copy Texture and Create Specular Image */

2011-02-13T09:17:01Z

‎Copy Texture and Create Specular Image

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 * '''File''', '''Save As''', Keeping the same file name, If you've been saving your work as a .psd file, remember to change the extension back to ''DDS''' file and save. (It too is an interpolated alpha)
 * Close photoshop, unless you have a second color variation.
 * [[Tutorials:STF Conversion Tute Step 12]]
 [[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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 * '''File''', '''Save As''', Keeping the same file name, If you've been saving your work as a .psd file, remember to change the extension back to ''DDS''' file and save. (It too is an interpolated alpha)
 * Close photoshop, unless you have a second color variation.
 [[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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	* '''File''', '''Save As''', Keeping the same file name, If you've been saving your work as a .psd file, remember to change the extension back to ''DDS''' file and save. (It too is an interpolated alpha)		* '''File''', '''Save As''', Keeping the same file name, If you've been saving your work as a .psd file, remember to change the extension back to ''DDS''' file and save. (It too is an interpolated alpha)
	* Close photoshop, unless you have a second color variation.		* Close photoshop, unless you have a second color variation.
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		+	[[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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 '''Flatten full color texture's layers.'''
-*  Now that the texture is complete, click on the texture and flatten the image - '''Image''' and Flatten Image'''
+*  Now that the texture is complete, click on the texture and flatten the image - '''Image''' and '''Flatten Image'''
 * Copy the the full color Texture  - '''Select''' and '''All''' and then '''Edit''' and '''Copy'''.
-'''Copy texture to Specular.'''
+'''Copy full color texture to Specular.'''
 * Click on the '''specular''' image and then the '''channels''' box.
 * Paste the color texture into the red, green and blue channels individually. (They will turn into gray scale images.)
 * The specular texture doesn't need an alpha layer. If you leave it out, the game will generate a full white alpha and that's ok for this project.
-* Save the '''specular''' texture as a DXT5 ARGB 8bpp | interpolated  alpha.  (a DDS image)
+* Save the '''specular''' DDS texture as a DXT5 ARGB 8bpp | interpolated  alpha.  (a DDS image)
 * Close the Specular image
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 '''Finally, Save your full color texture as a DDS.'''
 * Your texture image is now ready to save as a DDS.
-* File, Save As, Keeping the same file name, change the extension to DDS format. and save,. (It too is an interpolated alpha)
+* '''File''', '''Save As''', Keeping the same file name, If you've been saving your work as a .psd file, remember to change the extension back to ''DDS''' file and save. (It too is an interpolated alpha)
 * Close photoshop, unless you have a second color variation.

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 ===Blend background colors===
-* Back to your texture file. Now that the alpha layer is copied to the correct channels, remove it from your full color texture Layers box.
+* Back to your full color texture file. Now that the alpha layer is copied to the correct channel, remove it from your full color texture ''Layers'' box.
 * Hide the TS2 texture layer for a moment and black out the TS3 Ivy background image.
 * Make the TS2 texture layer visible again.
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 Image:background-blending.jpg|Background blending uses colors to blend texture edges
 Image:texture-visible.jpg|Full color texture overlying background
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 ===Copy Texture and Create Specular Image===

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 # Paste this same alpha image into the gray texture's alpha channel.
 # Now you need to change the Gray's  texture. In the gray images channel box, click '''RGB''' and sample the middle gray color and color the entire RGB image gray.  It will copy that gray to the red, blue and green channels for you.
-# Save the image as a DXT5 8bpp interpolated alpha and put it in your image folder.
+# Save the DDS image using the same name as a DXT5 8bpp interpolated alpha and put it in your image folder.
 # Close the gray image.

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 ===Good Enough===
-There gets to be a point where you have to decide if you will continue with pixel editing, which borders on  OCD behaviour or fudge the remaining results. I opt to get dinner ready so I will fudge. This is good enough.  Meshes of the Dragon tree type wtit lots of geometry will require a LOT of pixel editing whereas, meshes and textures like the Madasgar Palm have less geometry to deal with.
+There gets to be a point where you have to decide if you will continue with pixel editing, which borders on  OCD behaviour or fudge the remaining results. I opt to get dinner ready so I will fudge. This is good enough.  Meshes of the Dragon tree type with lots of geometry will require a LOT of pixel editing whereas, meshes and textures like the Madasgar Palm have less geometry to deal with.
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 # Select white in the color box and then the brush.  Make your brush size large enough to get the job done quickly.
 # Fill in all the exposed checkered areas.
-# Going back to the dragon tree, you can see that there is a lot of work involved in cleaning up the outlines for the alphas.  Cover all exposed white areas in black, checking the alpha frequently for smudged lines. try to keep your lines as clean as possible.
+# Going back to the dragon tree, you can see that there is a lot of work involved in cleaning up the outlines for the alphas. Especially if you have a mesh with lots of geometry. With the Mesh visible, but painting on the alpha layer, Cover all exposed white areas in black, checking the alpha frequently for smudged lines. Try to keep your lines as clean as possible.
 # Ok, 3 OCD hours later, I have a suitable product for the black portion of the alpha..
 # Drag your layers up and down, change the opacity and compare with the UV map. You want to make sure that for pieces like the trunk that the white covers the mesh boundaries.
 # The flower shape is edited by the alpha. The white part is where the flower will show and the black area defines the edges.  The same goes for the leaves.
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-Image:More-cleanup.jpg|More cleanup needed
+Image:black-outline.jpg|9 Clean black outline
-Image:black-outline.jpg|Clean black outline
+Image:fill-in-white-alpha.jpg|14 Fill in the white alpha
-Image:fill-in-white-alpha.jpg|fill in the white alpha
+Image:white-touchup.jpg|15 Apply white to the alpha area where shown to cover exposed mesh
-Image:More-cleanup.jpg|More cleanup needed
+Image:More-cleanup.jpg|A bit More cleanup needed
-Image:cleanup.jpg|Dragon spikes need lots of cleanup
+Image:cleanup.jpg|16 Dragon spikes need lots of cleanup
-Image:Mostly-covered.jpg|the alpha is mostly cleaned up now.
+Image:Mostly-covered.jpg|17 The alpha is mostly cleaned up now.
-Image:3-OCD-hours-later.jpg|Alpha checked against black underlayer.
+Image:3-OCD-hours-later.jpg|18 Alpha checked against black underlayer.
-Image:white-touchup.jpg|Apply white to the alpha area where shown to cover exposed mesh
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