TUTORIAL: How to Make Transparent Skins

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That's a cool method I've never tried! Can you post an image of the finished product?...maybe an image of that kind of skin being used in-game? Thanx!
EDIT: haha read a little more and found you post with the skin in game! Cool look and an interesting way to make it. Thanx again for the post!
p.s. if you're looking for a free high powered image tool, try GIMP. Very similar to Photoshop, but totally free. It's a linux based bit of software (thats why it's free and safe to use), but it will run on windows or mac as well. in GIMP to achieve this effect you'd go to colors/desaturate (to make it black and white) then turn the layer opacity down to 30-50%

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opened random globe image in GIMP. cropped tight to globe. right clicked on layer and: add alpha channel (to make it so there's a clear background). use: colors/desaturate. reduced layer opacity to 60% so its see through. just another way to do it, but I'm gonna try using paint because I kinda like that 8bit effect from the grid.