How do I create masks?

[wurlaz]

Yes, as the title says, how do I create masks?
Ive searched for it but I cant find any turtorial about it.

 

[Kimbo]

masks? as in..Alpha channels?

 

[Etzer]

masks? like masks, or masking or what?

 

[D a w n]

or masks as a synonym for layer??

 

[Devine]

create a plane then create a texture with an alpha layer in photoshop, cutting out the unecesairy parts. and make the plane use that texture.

 

[wurlaz]

I mean masks that covers the screen in wc3. And what I wanted to know is the size of it and such things.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

You mean filters or custom UI?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

The fade to white/black and splat filters. I don't think you can add more but you can definitely switch out the textures.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Actually you can add more filters to it

 

[Kimbo]

Yeah..guys, it kinda depends on what program he has.. and we dont know what he has :/

 

[wurlaz]

I mean filters or layers and I got Photshop, all I need to know his; How do I import filters and wich filesize and imagesize should it be?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Standard filters used in warcraft 3 are 512x512. They are resized and usually stretched in-game though to fit the screen. However, I believe you can use a high-res larger version for better sizing, but it will still probably be messed up/stretched a bit (and it will be a much bigger size)

You import them as a BLP (you might be able to use TGA as well) file and just use them by using an "Imported" value in your fade filter rather than the other mask. Alternatively, you can just use a custom script:

• Custom script: call CinematicFadeBJ( bj_CINEFADETYPE_FADEOUTIN, FadeDuration (in seconds), "war3mapImported\\myFilter.blp", red%, green%, blue%, alpha% )

(I used a BJ for the sake of simplicity) FadeDuration is how long the fade is, bj_CINEFADETYPE_FADEOUTIN is the fade type (it will fade out and then back in), "war3map..." is the path of your file, RGBA% is the red, green, blue, and alpha percentage of the colors in the filter. 0% is none of that color and 100% is all of that color. Generally, you can just use "Convert to Custom Text", copy and paste, and then use it in your trigger, but replace the part contained in double quotes. "string path"

EDIT: For a better explanation:
http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/fading.php

 

[Ryuu_Tsujii]

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