photoshop cs2 problem tga alpha files

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Hello all

lets see if I can ...help...shed some light here

 

Transparancy channel is not the same as alpha channel photoshop handles these two channels differantly

trancparancy = the checkered background that you see on your document

alpha = the extra channel red, blue, green, alpha that is black, white and shades of gray

 

if your used to saving TGA files with a trancparancy channel (checkered Background) but photoshop is giving you a white background, fear not there is a solution to your problem

 

first

navigate to : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins\File Formats

 

inside is a "Targa.8BI" file

 

COPY THIS FILE somewhere OUTSIDE of your photoshop folder

 

second find a computer that is running PS7 or ANY computer with Photoshop that handles TGA's the way you want then

 

navigate to : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop x.x\Plug-Ins\File Formats

 

inside is a "Targa.8BI" file

 

move a copy of this file over to the same location on the computer that your tring to fix

 

IMPORTANT : DO NOT OVERWRIGHT YOUR ORIGINAL PS CS2 VERSION OF THIS FILE MOVE THE ORIGINAL AS STATED ABOVE

 

Shut down PS CS2 then you should be good

 

p.s thank's paulopanz for the start info about the photoshop...!