chasbeen Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I am trying to create a big "@" sign which has smooth curves. As a normal anti-alias'ed character. The curves have jaggies. I need to put this "@" sign on many different backgrounds, so I need one done as a PNG that uselelises the 4th channel. I'm afraid I have not been able to find a tutorial which shows how to do this as i'm a beginner with this tool. My menu structure currently has an "Alpha Mask Tool" and another one just called "Alpha Mask". Does anyone know how to use these Alpha Channel Plugins for the above task? Quote Chasbeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Expiration- Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Why not just type one up? The font size goes up to 2000, so it would be pretty large. Make sure you do this on a transparent layer, and that the aliasing setting (at the top) is set to :AntiAliasingOn: , not :AntiAliasingOff: . Quote Call me expired. Please. Don't go counting your chickens before the pack of rabid ravaging foxes attacks. -Sozo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEPIK Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Perhaps you've zoomed in which can make the edges jagged. Press Ctrl+Shift+A. Are they still Jaggy? Oh and make sure the box next to the type size says smooth (instead of sharp). Quote Water, Wood and Hair Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasbeen Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Thanks guys, I did not explain the problem enough. I want the character "@" to have it's background hidden. When you do that you have to use alpha channel. Note that most graphics on the below web-page are alpha channel but the "@" and one of the "3"s is not.. and both of them look a bit tatty... DONT FORGET TO HIT THE BACK BUTTON to come back here... http://www.irunmywebsite.com/alphtest.html Quote Chasbeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Well, I really just recommend typing up an @ symbol on a new layer. Then, just remove the white background layer. From there, save it as a PNG and you should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasbeen Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Mike, Thats what I did and if you click on the link below you can see it does not work because you get jaggies caused by the aliasing.. See for yourself (The @ sign is on the red background) http://www.irunmywebsite.com/alphtest.html Quote Chasbeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Expiration- Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 From the looks of it, you didn't do what Mike Ryan said. It seems you typed the '@' sign on the same layer as the white background, and then magic wanded out the white, thus causing aliasing issues. Make sure that you can see a checkerboard pattern as the background before you type your text. Quote Call me expired. Please. Don't go counting your chickens before the pack of rabid ravaging foxes attacks. -Sozo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasbeen Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 I can understand, you thinking that. I started a new subject and got my answer. Thanks for your suggestions though... Quote Chasbeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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