The picture in the Menu

[Devil Dogs SF]

Hey Kylania, how does one save as .paa? I use jpg and it doesn't appear to look as good as pictures using .paa format.

[kylania]

I used TexView 2.

If your image needs transparency, first save it as a Targa file with whatever Alpha Channel (32bit) you want.

Then open the Targa (or JPG if you don't need any transparency) in TexView and simply save it as a .paa file.

[Devil Dogs SF]

Thanks

[ViV]

Its not an multiplayer map m8

[CyOp]

overview.html

If you wanted a snazzy black border around your picture like the default missions I have a OverviewBorder selection for Photoshop CS5 you can use.

kylania, hi... ...What's the best way to use your OverviewBorder (in PS)?

[kylania]

CyOp, well, it's basically just the 512x256 outline BIS used for their Single Player missions in OA. Load it as a channel in your Overview image, select it, inverse and reselect to you have just the "outside" and delete that, then inverse the selection again and color it black to give yourself a transparent "outside", then black border, then your picture inside.

I'll whip up a little video showing this.

[CyOp]

I had to dig up an old PS disk. Been awhile since I used PS. I got the pic shape right, but am working on the transparent background. Also, I lost the border in the process. Heh.

[kylania]

Here's the walkthrough:



Watch in HD

[CyOp]

Thanks, I was waiting for this. I made my pic with border, but I guess I got impatient and made the border 'cut corners' off a little, from the BIS border.

[Wiggum]

Nice tutorial kylania !
Any way to get this effect (the shape of the image and the black border just like the original BIS stuff) without Photoshop, maybe with Pain.NET ?