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Billgobaginss,
I'm in the situation you are. I don't want to spend that kind of money on something like this. I found this program called Pixia(Strange name :/). It works well for me, and it's completely free. Click here for a link to the Pixia homepage It may be a bit difficult to use at first but once you learn the basics it's pretty easy. ;) |
Re: Tutorial: How to make your own custom graphics
If you didn't already, copy the "default" directory in $everquest$\uifiles\, and save it under a name you will remember, like "myprettyui"
Nice post! Just one comment. You no longer need to copy the ENTIRE default directory to your "myprettyui" directory. You ONLY need the file that you are changing. Several patches ago they fixed this problem and now the UI will first read from your "loadskin" directory and then from the default directory for any pieces not defined in your "loadskin" dir. This makes it very nice and a LOT less cluttered. You can place only the files you are changing in the "myprettyui" directory. This also makes it MUCH easier to deal with UI patch changes, as you no longer need to recopy items from the default to your myprettyui dir after the patch, they will have already been updated in the default dir. |
Thanks very much. The tutorial had exactly the information I needed.
 -sols :) |
If I'm using Photoshop 5.0, how do I find out the coordinates and lengths and such for the graphic?
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Photoshop 5 size
To find the size of an image in any photoshop, i think since 1.0 or 2.0, its under the image menu, under size. You might also be able to click on File menu, info i think, but 7.0 only has a menu for you to enter information. It no longer shows anything about the image. I beleive in 5.0 it will have a menu pop up at that point, as if you wanted to change the size, and you'll need to switch it to pixels, instead of inches, the same way 7.0 and 6.0 both default unless you change them.
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Pixia doesn't seem to do Targa files, so that didn't help me much. I have Gimp installed but find it very difficult to use.
But I found an editor today called Project Dogwaffle, apparently through a reference from this message board. Version 1.2 is the free version, and it has a bunch of alpha-channel features (and even an alpha-channel toolbar) that make editing transparency rather easy. |
How do you find the pixel locs for graphics in photoshop? Nothing I have found has been able to discern them so i can add them to the coding part... which I'm still unclear about..
Using photoshop 6 or 7? |
TheRealDuuece, and others asking:
I started playing with graphics and making sigs, now moving to graphics and playing with UI's (none yet ) but a fairly inexpensive program I use is from Serif, PhotoPlus............they used to have a free trial D/L to see how you like it...... Set preferences to background = transparent, and work from there. Serif Hope this is helpful, |
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The Alpha Channel is to allow for transparencies so if you have an image that has openings in it anywhere the alpha channel allows the program to say hey nothing is suppose to be in the open area here, so you are able to see through it on screen. |
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In the Photoshop 6 or 7 program you go to VIEW then click RULER or use CTRL+R. Then go to image where you see the Ruler, and Right Click on the RULER itself, There you can choose PIXEL and it will show the measurements in Pixel Count. You can also drag a reference Line from the ruler to a location either horizontally or vertically to allow you precise placement of an smaller image inside your file... Also you can make files as small as 16X16 before they get start to look out of porportion |
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You can edit the size of the spell gems, this however takes alot of trial and error to get what you want.. and you need to remember the larger you make the image if too large can start to distort the image and make it blurrly looking if you make it too large |
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Yes, Any file that is mentioned in either EQUI_Animations.xml or even EQUI_Templates.xml can be placed within any other files, But you have to remember that it HAS to be a unique name. So you can place the WDT_RounededNoTitle Window Draw Template file from the Template file into say your group window for example and then modifiy it how you want, BUT YOU MUST 1.) Replace the modified the EQUI_Templates File (or do not save changes made when altering) 2.) Make certain that the WindowDrawTemplate file you placed in the group window has a UNIQUE name so you would have to change the SCREEN ID and the NAME to be UNIQUE (example change it from WDT_RoundedNoTitle to something easy like WDT_Group) and then you make certain that the file is included and used as the border at the end of the file. Then you group window would be the only window using that modified border Just a basic run down, I don't know If I made more questions, or helped to answers some of them LOL Sincerely; R.J Engel |
When I start my new image and choose transparent... I get a checkerboard bg and not a black BG like yours.... I look at all the TGA in the UI directory and they are all black BGs too.
WHat am I doing wrong. |
The background color has absolutely nothing to do with transparency for the format of TGA EQ uses.
The TGA file needs to contain an alpha channel. The easiest way (for me) to make sure it does, is to start with an already existing EQ TGA so that an alpha channel already exists. I'll then resize the image, and edit the RGB channel and alpha channel as I see fit. The alpha channel is a black and white image; full white is 100 visible, full black is 100% transparent, and all 98 shades of gray in between are varing levels of translucency. In photoshop, ctrl+4 is a shortcut to the alpha channel (and ctrl+~ goes back to the RGB channel). Enok |
I tried this... But im doing somehting wrong...
When I open an existing tga and look at the alpha channel, i can still see the important stuff... But when I edit one to be my image, and then look at the alpha channel, all i see if black. no important stuff. |
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