[Tutorial] Making a Poster Overlay

[Benvox2]

I think i figured it out to an extent, I used VTFedit instead of the valve program but when I put my overlay on a wall, in hammer it flickers about similar to when two textures are on eachother and i cant figure out why? Nah its ok, just dont use VTFEdit for this

[Reeftrigger]

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Originally Posted by Memento Mori

Right I've done this but in Photoshop how do I make the rectangle an exact size?
How do I do this in Photoshop? Lost me.

for the first one go to the rectangular marquee tool and at the top there is an dropdown menu with default option "normal" switch that for "exact size" and type in how big you want it.

on the second its called the pen tool. takes a while tho...




I also have a question...
how the heck do you get it to show up in hammer...
I did everything the same and it still won't show...

[Sikyanakotik]

So why did you go with darkened "tears" and not transparent?

[umbratile]

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Originally Posted by Benvox2

...when I put my overlay on a wall, in hammer it flickers about similar to when two textures are on eachother and i cant figure out why?

That's supposed to happen, so don't worry about that.

...At least it happens to me, but my overlays still work perfectly.

[Nineaxis]

I guess I'll go ahead and say this:

I can't help you navigate Photoshop.
I don't have it, unfortunately. This tutorial was more on the art direction of making a good overlay poster (and how to get it into hammer!), not how to use any specific program.

Sorry.

[Reeftrigger]

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Originally Posted by Nineaxis

I guess I'll go ahead and say this:

I can't help you navigate Photoshop.
I don't have it, unfortunately. This tutorial was more on the art direction of making a good overlay poster (and how to get it into hammer!), not how to use any specific program.

Sorry.

I however can (a little) so you can shoot meh of a pm if you really need help...
(not to take away any of the awesomeness of this awesome tutorial.)
or you could go on one of the many dedicated photoshop help sites/forums.

[Vander]

You rock Nine! Thanks.

btw, I had to use VTFEdit to get the TGA converted to VTF. I couldn't get vtex to work.

[Reeftrigger]

Im having a problem with getting my custom thing to show up in hammer...
I put in in a vtf make a vmf for it and stick both into the "mysteamname"\team fortress\tf\materials\signs folder and no dice in hammer.... did I miss anything?

[Nineaxis]

Does it show up as purple checkers? Make sure your VMT's basetexture value is correct.

[Vander]

Gave another crack at it for the pig sign, you like this one better?