Thursday, August 12, 2010

How to set transparencies

Due to the overwhelming amount of shield/sword submissions we get every day we will not accept shields that are not ready to be uploaded. Meaning, you MUST have transparencies set, you MUST use a proper template and you MUST NOT use solid black in your shields. This short guide will show you the fastest way to set transparencies on a shield/sword. It's quite simple.

1. Download paint.net from www.getpaint.net

2. Open your already made shield/sword in paint.net

3. Use the Magic Wand tool.

4. Click the background area (should be a color unlike the shield/sword)

5. MAKE SURE tolerance is set low. The lower the tolerance, the less shades of a color you select.

6. click ctrl + x

7. Profit. Save and MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT USING SOLID BLACK

26 comments:

  1. Will you upload them if they were sent without transparencies before you put this up? because I sent a shield (no transparencies) on July 20th and I have been waiting for a reply, and I really don't want to wait another 25 days for it to be uploaded because it doesnt have transparencies

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  2. We aren't applying the rule for transparencies just yet because of that. :) It just speeds things up if you set them anyway.

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  3. how do i make a shield I downloaded GIMP

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  4. Is it actualy making the background transparent
    Or just filing it in with a block color that's not in the shield?

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  6. uhmm wuts the "magic wand" tool?

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  7. also, would it work if we just set the background to 000 black, since that shows up transparent on the server? just wondering

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  8. I made a basic video tutorial of making a shield and setting the transparencies on it. If anyone wants to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPdFAtgSA0

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  9. No, making the background black doesn't make it transparent. The only reason why black becomes transparent is because of the way the palette is set up on some programs.

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  10. are you taking player hats yet?

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  11. @dan, they do. They just say they don't. It's not like Lollipop makes all of the hats

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  12. Thnx since your now selling heads will custom ones be accepted?

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  13. heeey ummmm ive sent in shields following this guideline ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and nobody sent me an email saying uploaded or somethings wrong with it these were sent 1 month ago and @Lolli ummmm did Trigger send u a sword code that DarkShadow made for u?

    note:DarkShadow is me

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  14. yo u guys need to take off the wing template cuz i made something with it and Evade screwed it up

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  15. My pc is crap i cant download paint wt should i do D:?!

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  16. Uploaded video to Youtube for making animated shields. Any questions just comment on it. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSbKjWZCQtU

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  17. >:0 this is the first I've heard of this!!! I just wasted all my time making awesome shields and swords and then iDisneyWorld rejects 'em!!! >:0

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  18. If I send in a head, how will it get to me? Will it be sold in a shop (possibly) or will an admin give it to me? I've been making shields for a few weeks now. PM me on Graal for help, my username is: InDiGo.

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  19. Will it count as a transperancy if I use (0 0 0) as the background?

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  20. If not, how do I do so if I am using Microsoft Paint?

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  21. @All I do Is Win

    No, you'll need to download Paint.NET and use the Magic wand - there's instructions on this website telling you how to set transparencies.

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  22. thanks for all the help i am a shield maker for people now

    graal name: Blake

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  23. I'm in the middle of making a website, that will have tutorials and all the other stuff that some people want/need. If you want to check it out then go to codedinc.webs.com, also I have some tutorials on YouTube, not only shields but basic HTML and stuff of the similar nature. I'm SirRumpelstiltskin.

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  24. Hi, what does "profit" mean? And I sent a head design a few days ago (Feb 27) and I still haven't gotten any reply, also if my design does get approved, does the design get sent to me or does it get sold or something else? Please PM me on Graal my username is: Soldier CYB3RW0LFDN (Horcrux) and the O in wolf is actually a zero.

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