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LC gave me this plugin replacement for photoshop some time ago and I decided to zip it up and distribute it for those who might have a similar problem with their Photoshop 7.

I was going ot put this in the Moddeling and Skinning links sticky thread, but it has vanished for some reason. If some mod could reopen it or sticky a new one... that would be ideal.

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Great, just what I need.

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That tagra plugin is the 6.0 version as thius worked perfektly .. there is also an Update available for Photoshop 7 (7.0a) which also fixed that bug and some others.

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Thanks scotchy

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Just found this.. somebody should sticky this... people still seem to need it.

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Good idea Scotchy.
People always seem to need it, and it's very common you forget to backup it, when formating an HD.

If it doesn't become sticky.. we can always.. keep charing and bump it forever.. lol

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What exactly does it fix?

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Photoshop 7.0's ability to deal with Targas. The original Photoshop 7.0 didn't support them at all, and it really made adding alpha channels, and then exporting as a targa impossible. This replaces the targa importer/exporter, thus fixing the problem. Very handy indeed. Solved ALL my problems in a heartbeat.

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Ok, i'll accept thunderchild explanantion on this.. man.. i won't type all that again.. LOL

maybe i'll cut it and paste from the other thread.. sooner or later. LOL

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Moderators... stick this. I wasn't joking.

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i know this is quite old but it really SHOULD be stickied... i couldnt find this thread in the depths of the board but Exe managed to track it down

it really NEEDS to be STUCK

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i stucked it


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ThunderchiId wrote:

Photoshop 7.0's ability to deal with Targas. The original Photoshop 7.0 didn't support them at all, and it really made adding alpha channels, and then exporting as a targa impossible. This replaces the targa importer/exporter, thus fixing the problem. Very handy indeed. Solved ALL my problems in a heartbeat.

Actually the problem was that until Photoshop 7, targas were never handled properly. TGA files are designed with 4 8-bit channels making a total of 32-bits. The first three handle RGB color. The original idea behind the fourth channel was for it to handle transparency. Previous versions of Photoshop never correctly implemented this so the fourth channel was used for an alpha channel. In 7.0 the decided to put the channel to its correct use (transparency) but many people now relied on targa's alpha channel support so due to user feedback, the reverted back in 7.0.1

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Admiral_Ames wrote:

Actually the problem was that until Photoshop 7, targas were never handled properly. TGA files are designed with 4 8-bit channels making a total of 32-bits. The first three handle RGB color. The original idea behind the fourth channel was for it to handle transparency. Previous versions of Photoshop never correctly implemented this so the fourth channel was used for an alpha channel. In 7.0 the decided to put the channel to its correct use (transparency) but many people now relied on targa's alpha channel support so due to user feedback, the reverted back in 7.0.1

2 coins for Ames for the exact explanation!


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Cpt. LC Amaral wrote:

Admiral_Ames wrote: Actually the problem was that until Photoshop 7, targas were never handled properly. TGA files are designed with 4 8-bit channels making a total of 32-bits. The first three handle RGB color. The original idea behind the fourth channel was for it to handle transparency. Previous versions of Photoshop never correctly implemented this so the fourth channel was used for an alpha channel. In 7.0 the decided to put the channel to its correct use (transparency) but many people now relied on targa's alpha channel support so due to user feedback, the reverted back in 7.0.1 2 coins for Ames for the exact explanation! Cpt

just two u should give him more than that

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so if i happen to have psp8 then it isnt a problem rite?

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Hm, good question. I would guess no although I haven't tried PS8 myself.

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lol i would have thought the same, but i tried to edit a ships tactical icon earlier and i think its got the same problem (although it could just be my newb skills with psp, im more of a fireworks man myself )

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What a second, are you refering to PS8 (Photoshop) or PSP8 (Paint Shop Pro)

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photoshop 7 (although i tried psp8 too)

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it seems in photoshop CS ( this problem also exists so you just replace its targa exporter with the one here and you'll be sorted

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It shouldn't. I use photshop CS and it has no problems wit the alpha channels.

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AHA... i was wondering what the deal was... i tried to make a Warhammer: Dawn of War badge just the other day and had all kindsa trouble getting the targa to save right )with the transparent alpha channel) and it never did work... ill try it with the fix. Thanx

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