TUTORIAL: How to Make Transparent Skins

[DoctorFinkle]

1) Open Microsoft Paint. If you do not have it, use jspaint.app or canvaspaint.org.

2) Press Ctrl+E and change the dimensions to 1024x1024 and press Enter. If your skin is not this large, it will be cropped later. It is only important that it is not smaller than your skin and that both dimensions are even.

3) Press Ctrl+E again and add about 50 pixels to the width, select Transparent in the Transparency menu, and press Enter.

4) Use the color dropper tool to obtain the transparent paint color, which is indicated by gray and white checkers.

5) Press Ctrl+Z to change the dimensions back to 1024x1024.

6) Use the paint bucket tool to make the entire canvas transparent.

7) Click the magnifying glass icon and select 8x in the menu under the tools to zoom in all the way.

8) Select the pencil tool and choose a color that is NOT in your skin.

9) Starting in the top-left corner, draw a dot in every other pixel going from left to right.

10) When you have about 8 dots, use Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+C to copy, and Ctrl+V to paste. Move the pasted region to the end of the row. Repeat this until the top row is full.

11) Copy and paste the row of pixels under itself. Repeat this until the canvas is filled with vertical lines.

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12) Select and copy the entire image.

13) In the Image menu of the toolbar at the top of the screen, select Flip/Rotate, select Rotate by angle, select 90°, and press Enter.

14) Paste the image.

15) Select the entire image and copy it.

16) Open your skin in 2 new windows.

17) Paste the grid onto your skin in the 1st window.

18) Press Ctrl+E and add about 50 pixels to the width, select Transparent in the Transparency menu, and press Enter.

19) Use the color dropper tool to obtain the transparent paint color.

20) Press Ctrl+Z to reset the dimensions.

21) Zoom in on any part of the image and use the paint bucket tool to make the grid transparent.

22) Return to the window with the grid on it.

23) In the Image menu of the toolbar at the top of the screen, select Flip/Rotate, select Rotate by angle, select 180°, and press Enter.

24) Select the entire image and copy it.

25) Repeat 17-21 for your skin in the 2nd window.

26) Select your entire skin from the 1st window and paste it onto your skin in the 2nd window. All of the pixels should perfectly line up in a checkerboard fashion. Just press Ctrl+S to save your transparent skin and upload it to Agma!