Need help to make a transparent texture with gimp.

[xguzman30]

Hellp everyone. The reason I opening up this topic is because I am looking for some professional help in dissecting a matter which I am having much trouble with. I have gone through several tutorials using gimp to remove a texture from a dds file in Skyrim. Everything that I have watched still seems vague in explanation. I am very certain that someone here can help me get this going in as little as 5 minutes.

 

I am trying to remove the sleeves from the thalmor female outfit and the pants using Gimp. I have made some successful attempts, but it seems that in game I can see the ful texture of the Thalmor outfit except the sleeves and the pants which are painted black as if it is missing the texture which I believe means that that is where it should be transparent. I believe that I am doing something wrong with the procedure and I am in need of your help. I'll take any help i can get and you will surely get all the credit for it.

 

Here is the procedure I have done.

 

I open thalmorrobesf.dds

Load Mipmaps I hit "yes"

hit mask -> add layer mask

Then select "Transfer layers Alpha channel"

Then (Using the Eraser) I remove what I would like to have transparent in the game.

Once I am done, I flatten the image.

Go to file, Export as DDS file.

Used Compression BC1/DXT1

Mipmaps "Generate Mipmaps"

I go ingame but the pants are black as if it is missing a texture.

 

I have gone through countless vidoes, but I am still having a hard time grasping the topic. THere are'nt any videos on how to remove pants or sleeves and separate from an object.

I am usually very good at following instructions but it seems I have met my match.

 

Here is the weird part. I downloaded a saviors hide retexture which has a pocket purse. I did not like the pocket purse so using only gimp, I erased the purse using "Eraser Tool" and saved went in game and voila the texture was transparent without any modification to any mesh which I did not have for this particular mod. However when I tried the same with what I wanted to implement, I shows up black ingame. What am I misssing?

 

When I open that saviors hide mod under gimp, on the top window, it shows as 1.0 (RGB color, 1 layer)2048x2048

When I open my mod it shows up as 2.0 (RGB, 12 Layers) 2048x 2048

 

If you can help me to get one part of my thalmor outfit transparent in a detailed structure I will be truly thankful

[RitualBlack]

If I recall there needed to be something done with the model in nifskope if you are making armor transparent.

 

I am fairly sure this tutorial went into very thorough detail about it:

Deadly Serious Tutorial

[xguzman30]

If I recall there needed to be something done with the model in nifskope if you are making armor transparent.

 

I am fairly sure this tutorial went into very thorough detail about it:

Deadly Serious Tutorial

 

Yes I downloaded the pdf, I followed the instructions to the tee but when I went in game, my whole out fit was black and and not tranparent. The intructions were very clear but I think that it has more to do with how did the process in gimp which is were I need help. I used a mod that I downloaded which I stated in my topic and I was able to make the purse texture transparent without any mesh editing. The guy from deadly serious tutorial said there is a way to check it the textures is masked using photoshop which give out a red color, but how do I go about doing that.

[Perraine]

You could either watch

or have a look atthis post

[xguzman30]

You could either watch

or have a look atthis post

 

 

Thank you for your response Perraine. I think this might do it. However when I open up the texture using gimp and load mipmaps. I then scroll to layer -> Transparency-> remove layer -> CTRL A (I can see the dashes circulating the picture)

I then go the edit and paste as layer, but for the life of me now it save that "There is no image data in the clipboard to save??? I tried converting to gimp image and I still get the same thing.

 

I am running windows 7 64 bit. The the program downloaded into program file not (x86).

[xguzman30]

You could either watch

or have a look atthis post

 

 

Thank you for your response Perraine. I think this might do it. However when I open up the texture using gimp and load mipmaps. I then scroll to layer -> Transparency-> remove layer -> CTRL A (I can see the dashes circulating the picture)

I then go the edit and paste as layer, but for the life of me now it save that "There is no image data in the clipboard to save??? I tried converting to gimp image and I still get the same thing.

 

I am running windows 7 64 bit. The the program downloaded into program file not (x86).

 

Forget about the clipboard. I hit printscreen prior to adding as layer and then it accpeted it. But how do i access the clipboard? or should I just add layer through the menu bar?