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Tutorial- How To Alpha With Adobe Photoshop CS

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#1

Tutorial- How To Alpha With Adobe Photoshop CS

-HOW TO ALPHA WITH PHOTO SHOP CS-

Step 1- Open the U.V. skin in Photoshop.
[http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5452/picture78jz.jpg

Step 2- Select the area you want to alpha out.
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/566/picture44wm.jpg

Step 3- Go to the Alpha 'Tab' (it is next to layers)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8396/picture14no.png

Step 4- Make sure the 'Alpha' layer is selected.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1452/picture28st.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/240/picture55wr.jpg

Step 5- Paint the selected area black. (white does the opposite)
http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/8027/picture63vo.jpg

Step 6- Make an exellent skin with no recolors!
#2
Seems it's not the same for Elements.. Hmm.

Guess I still will have to use theGIMP for my alphas.. :P
#3
Step 6 is the most important.