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Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:14 pm
by beserko
does anyone know how to change the portrait graphic to transparent. I did one already but it just threw up black or grey images where the portraits were.
I'd like to try a mod where all unit portraits, message screens, anything that gets in the way of the battlefield graphics are transparent.

I did it with Field of Glory (which was much easier!) and it looked great and better for me to plan.

After a thousand or more battles(in both titles) I like to cut the graphics (other then then the present battle which I usually max zoom ! ) to the bare minimum.

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:15 pm
by beserko
Bye the way, I usually use paint.net

A must get program I believe.

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:48 pm
by jomni
Just put an all-black alpha channel. Do you have a program that does alpha channels?

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:35 am
by beserko
not sure. I can't find alpha channels in paint.net, can't load an image with blender and dazzled with gimp. Gimp seems like it would work but I can not figure it out. Arrrg...............

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:08 pm
by pipfromslitherine
From a quick Google you should be able to use alpha channels in Paint.NET. I still use Photoshop 5.5 as it's much easier to edit alpha channels with it than newer software frustratingly.

Cheers

Pip

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:14 pm
by Adebar
Hello again ... :wink:

Powick Bridge 1642, scenario by OliversArmy

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5m511 ... Bridge.zip

Prince Rupert of the Rhine vs. Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes

(Well, I just love Rupert's red bow tie ...)

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 8:09 am
by Adebar
Calais 1596, scenario by Warlord156.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ut60m ... Calais.zip

Albert VII vs. Henri IV

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:01 am
by Adebar
In case you cannot find a good portrait for a specific leader: here's a small series of icons for generic/unknown leaders, 1400s, 1500s and 1600s.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9zh74 ... eaders.zip

1400s:

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:03 am
by Adebar
1500s:

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:04 am
by Adebar
1600s:

Re: Sideicons/Leader Portraits

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:27 pm
by Dino_SWE
A thing worth mentioning is the UI 'stretch' that happens with widescreen resolutions, that I assume most people use.

One way to counter this would be to compress the portraits horizontally, so that when theyre streched they become normal.