Member jima Posted March 17, 2019 Member Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 I reviewed Javis' video on doing this. I got a bunch of brushes that are psd files, but most do not have the full gamut of layers/channels that Javis discusses, and are not following the naming convention he prescribes.. Were the psd files just re-made into .mclp? Javis shows a UI that is fairly old. mclp files do not open in PS if I change the extension to psd. I think I am dealing with an "old" way of doing things vs the "new" way. I am trying follow Javis' tracks and edit an existing working alpha so I can figure out how to fix these "broken" brushes. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Rygaard Posted March 17, 2019 Contributor Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 The tip I can tell you is this: I know it's not what you'd like to hear, but for me it's the best option to deal with in creating alphas or stencils: The most practical and easy way to create alpha in 3D-Coat and I always do this is to drag this Alpha (texture) from your Explorer to the Alpha palette. 3D-coat will automatically create for you the alpha with all channels. Remember that if you want a 16-bit alpha (texture) that has logically more quality, convert or save your alphas (texture) in TIF, PNG or EXR format (which are the only extensions currently accepted by 3D-Coat in 16-bit) and then import it into 3D-Coat. If you want to edit these alphas, I advise you to open the original alpha (texture), make your changes, save to the appropriate extension, and then import Alpha again into 3D-Coat. That way, you avoid making mistakes by changing a file with 4 layers (Color, Height, Spec, Erase), it's much easier to work on your original alpha (texture) with just a single layer. I always do it that way with my alphas and stencils. If I find that it is not working correctly, I delete that alpha or stencil from the palette, open the original file, manipulate that file, save it, and import it into 3D-Coat until it's the way I want it to be.I hope it helps 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member jima Posted March 18, 2019 Author Member Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Didn't know about drag and drop. I'll try it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member jima Posted March 29, 2019 Author Member Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Rygaard, That was really excellent advice. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Rygaard Posted March 29, 2019 Contributor Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 @jima I'm glad I helped you!This is my number one method today. I will never have problems that way!I hope you have great results and great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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