Create transparent texture with Paint.net

[Ter160 4]

Hello, I have been thinking for a while that I need to put a glass and therefore I think that creating a transparent texture with Paint net would be the best solution instead of downloading transparent textures, crystals or glasses over the Internet

[Sjef61 2,296]

Hi Ter160
It is the same question as you ask here

https://simtogether.com/forums/topic/402-create-transparencies-like-protective-glass-for-luminaires-and-streetlights/#comment-1908

 

I just saw that I had used the wrong Day Glass picture there.   I just adjusted it.

This is the right picture for glass during the day

 

 

You need two texture slots with the same texture with shader TrainGlassfx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

Do both textures have to have the same name or does it not matter? On the other hand I need to get clean transparent glass textures

[Sjef61 2,296]

The second texture is a dummy texture but must be exist.

For transparent glass you can use a total black texture. That is 100% transparent
With Photoshop you can adjust the transparency (Alpha Channel)

 

2 ready to use DDS glas texture examples

2 examples glas with alpha adjust.zip

 

Use fore Glass Not compressed Alpha DDS

Paint.net

 

 

[Ter160 4]

Ok,very thanks,I will look

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Ter160

[Ter160 4]

I have a new problem,I need it explain with the Paint.net program

[Sjef61 2,296]

You make no transparent textures.
you can only change the alpha channel to make it More or less transparent.
The Type of shader does this.
As explained earlier.

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

If you told me that you can make glass transparency with Paint.net, right?

[Sjef61 2,296]

Zojuist, Ter160 zei:

 

If you told me that you can make glass transparency with Paint.net, right?

 

You DON"T make transparant glass with paint!

Glass is a normal texture. Most Black or gray

 

As I explaned it step by step here.

https://simtogether.com/forums/topic/402-create-transparencies-like-protective-glass-for-luminaires-and-streetlights/#comment-1908

 

 

 

 

[Ter160 4]

Well, I need to know if it is at least possible to obtain transparent glass textures and then export them to the .dds format

[Sjef61 2,296]

Only with Photoshop you can change the alpha channel to make it more or less transparant

How to do that.

 

Alpha maken.zip

 

Don't no if paint.net can do that

6 minuten geleden, Ter160 zei:

Well, I need to know if it is at least possible to obtain transparent glass textures and then export them to the .dds format

 

Yes you can do that with paint.net

But that's not for making glass

 

Just select the part what must be transparant in TS and delete is.

But jou wil not get glass.....

 

Example

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

It has to be with blender 2.83, I use 3dsmax very little at the moment

[Sjef61 2,296]

It does't matter.

More important is that you export DDS like this as i mentiond before.

 

Use fore Glass Not compressed Alpha DDS

A8B8G8R8

Paint.net

 

in 3DS Day time

 

 

Night Time

 

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

I did what you told me from Paint.net and it doesn't export igs or xml to RW in blueprint editor 2, why?

[Sjef61 2,296]

I have already indicated to you that you should give me more information.

I give you also a lot of information.

 

For example a picture of the error message when exporting your IGS

 

Fort this TrainGlassfx shader  you have to fill in Slot 1 and Slot 2 (Same texture)

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

My problem is with Blender 2.83, I have put a transparent cystral glass texture, I don't know what I can do to solve the error, since the export to IGS, it was done perfectly, I suppose that this error is the configuration you told me to export the texture transparent to dds with paint.net

Edited September 24, 2020 by Ter160
Add screenshots

[Sjef61 2,296]

Glass texture is NOT transparant.

It is black (fore white glas)  or colord as mine orange texture.

So, I do not  understand

I'm Sorry......

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

It is that I am confused, I think that the failure is the configuration that you told me to save it and export it to the .dds format

[Sjef61 2,296]

Try this one,

green glass

textures.zip

[Ter160 4]

I do not know the color of the crystals of the luminaires so that in the morning only the transparent glass is seen and at night the light on them

[Sjef61 2,296]

I gave you all the needed information about naming and shaders and textures in blender and 3DS.
what texture are you using?

 

[Ter160 4]

 

The problem is due to the configuration that you told me, if I put the one I used for the rest of the non-lighting objects, the export works in the blueprint editor 2

 

If you want, I'll give you the capture where I have put the texture with the TrainGlass.fx shader in blender 2.83

[Sjef61 2,296]

I am testing now
The paint.net configuration is ok but the problem is the alpha channel
I come back.
This is different as for Photoshop

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by Sjef61

[Ter160 4]

 

Ok and inform me about it

[Sjef61 2,296]

I do not get any error of the blueprint and i get glass.

But it is to dark.

With photoshop is's not

Same configuration

 

[Ter160 4]

 

And what can I do? I guess you give me permission to test your textures, right?