[TUTORIAL] Menu Photo's

[Sgt Frag]

It's possible that it is different screen resolutions that stretch the images to fit instead of just floating them. In which case if you try different res you might get a perfect image.

I've never noticed mine being grainy, I run 1920x14(80?)

[Mokagogo]

I tried my normal res, 1024x768, and then up to 1280x1024, but it didn't seem to make a difference.

In case anyone's interested, I measured it and it looks like a 512px image becomes roughly 584px tall when scaled for that page.

[clanabout]

Download links doesnt work. Can anyone upload again ?

Download Menu Photo's Tutorial
Download Menu Photo's Template PSD's

[l3eeron]

I have the .psd templates at home... will upload when I get off of work.

[Haggis]

Cut and past your "menu_photos_mapname.vtf" and "menu_photos_mapname.vmt" in following directory:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<player_name>\team fortress 2\tf\materials\vgui\maps

How do you do this as there is no \tf\materials\vgui\maps it is one of the cached folders,do i just make up these folders.

Its ok i have done it.

[Tapp]

epic bump is epic

[MrDonde]

"Copy and paste your "menu_photos_mapname.tga" in following directory:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<player_name>\team fortress 2\tf\materialsrc"

I look in my steam folder and what I have is:

C:\Steam\steamapps\username\team fortress 2\tf\materials

Where should I put the file if I don't have a "materialsrc" folder?

Second issue, when I went to edit the target of the vtex.exe shortcut I wasn't sure what was ment by:

"Add the following 2 parameters behind the Target:"

Where is behind the target?

[megawac]

Make the materialsrc folder in your team fortress 2/tf folder. Place all tga files you want to convert in it.

The target is refering to the propeties of the shortcut.

Example:


Dont have sdk on this computer so just showing dropbox with the proper directory to vtex.

[MrDonde]

Awesome sauce, thanks megawac!

I will give it a try on my lunch break.

[[O]]

I've tried it over and over.

The vmt works fine but i think im having problems with the vtf because i keep getting a checkered pink texture where the photos should be,

I have no problem converting the targa to vtf with the vtex.exe so i think im not editing the alpha correctly.

I've used 2fort psd template and placed my screenshots in a layer below the frames but above the black background.

I go to "channels" and have no idea how to:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift

* edit the Alpha channel to make it hide the black background and show the pictures only

I tried deleting the black area didnt work. Turning off certain layer or channels before saving as targa also didnt work.

would appreciate any help on this.