cant make a transparent color

[gamedragonify 0]

I'm trying to import picture in to my game but when I do the box doesn't appear that let's me make a transparent color. why?

[kellessdee 48]

Usually that means the picture you are importing already has an alpha transparency channel. Try using the images and see if the "transparent color" is actually transparent in-game.

[Heretic86 25]

Weird thing I found when dealing with the default tile transparencys in photoshop is that if you color sample that color, you have to use a different layer with a 50% opacity, then merge the layers for it to come across correctly in game. I figure that might help someone...

[kellessdee 48]

If you are using photoshop, I wouldn't even bother with making a "transparent" color.

 

If you add the alpha channel yourself in photoshop, and just make background 0% alpha (transparent), then you do not even need to import the picture. Copy + paste right to the folder and it will work.

 

When you choose a color in the import tool, all the tool does is take every pixel with that color and sets the alpha to 0 for you, in case you do not have a tool/image editor that supports alpha channels.

[Heretic86 25]

I meant the partially transparent color not the completely one. One thing I kind of wish we had was multiple levels of transparency in tilesets like can be done with the Picture feature and its support of 16 bit transparencies.