Making a Perfect Alpha Channel, with No White Halo
Wing in SL, with mixed transparency and no halo.

Once again, a lesson on Alpha Channels in Second Life. This is not a movie, but is the method I currently use to make perfect Alphas with no trace of a white halo, and good, vibrant colors in semi-transparent areas. These instructions are for Photoshop CS2, but will work with all earlier versions of Photoshop as well. Click here to Start the Tutorial!

In this method, I use a free third party plug-in, available from Flaming Pear. Links are included in the text, or you can just download it here. (It's in the Free Plugins pack, a bit more than 2/3 of the way down the page.)

Also included in this tutorial is a set of Photoshop Actions that will automate the entire process for you. Click here, if you just want to download them now. (A link is also provided within the Tutorial.)

If you are using some other graphics program, you will have to translate the instructions so they will work for you. Check your manual if you're not sure how to do something. The Flaming Pear plugin should work with any program that supports PS style plugins. The Actions, I'm afraid, won't.

If this page has come loose from the frame it's supposed to be in, or is in someone else's frame, just click here, then choose New White Halo from the list on the left.

If you have a question, write to me and ask it!

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