Alphapal Numbers (Madden 08)

[elguapo]

I've been interested in a free paint program to mod Madden with since photoshop is not really accessible for everyone.

Paint.Net can save in tga format and I read that any transparency is saved with the alpha channel automatically.

Can you test to see if Paint.Net tga file format can be used with the alphapal?

[CLMCC]

I'll be glad to , I will let you know

[CLMCC]

Alphapa works with paint.net

Alphapal converts paint.net .tga's.

I used it to do a portrait and it came out the same as the Ps tga to bmp.

Also , it is easer and faster in paint.net because you don't need to add an alpha channel if you are already on a transparent background.

"You don't have to add an Alpha channel - it's already a component of each and every pixel in paint.net.
Simply place the text on transparent layer(s) and save it in a format that preserves transparency."

Use Muer 1.52 for insertion

Here is that portrait in Game

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I'll try Gimp next , thanks for the direction elguapo

[CLMCC]

GIMP also works with alphapal.

If on a transparent background just save it a tga. If not , you can delete the background and add an alpha channel.

Here again is the .png I got from ESPN for a portrait , shown in the game after conversion

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Thanks again elguapo , now everyone can use bmp with alpha using the free paint programs

[elguapo]

Well that's good news. Thanks for checking that out.

[CLMCC]

You're very welcome , sir

[CLMCC]

Now that we are all using the free paint programs (paint.net and GIMP) , I will be demonstrating the alphapal graphics system with my favorite , paint.net. To me , it's easier and faster than Photoshop anyway.

Creating a number in paint.net

Open paint.net

Create a new file , 128x256

Go to "T" text and choose a font (I like one of my football fonts "Academic 154")
[Get free fonts here https://www.fontspace.com/category/football]

Type your number with a height of 144.

Center the number with the omnidirectional square (bottom right)

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Once centered , magic wand the outside

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Go to "Edit" , "Cut" , you now have a transparent background and an alpha channel , all in one.

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Go to 'File" , "save as" , tga , 32.

Place this number with all 10 numbers in a folder with alphapal.exe and tga2bmp.cmd

Click tga2bmp.cmd and all ten numbers will be created as 8bit indexed .bmp's with an active alpha channel and a common palette

Use MUER 1.52 to insert them into the "single file uniform template"

viewtopic.php?f=85&t=22333

[CLMCC]

Here is how the paint.net number looks in the game

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[CLMCC]

If you do download these football fonts

[Get free fonts here https://www.fontspace.com/category/football]

Place them here in Windows 10

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They will then be available for all your paint and typing programs