If that sounds head-spinning, you might want to do it through SimPE instead. This is a bit more tedious (although how much so depends on how fast your computer is -- mine grinds and grinds doing anything through SimPE but can flash through Photoshop commands) but also a bit simpler!
Make sure to export your alpha as I explained above. Now import your non-transparent texture -- not build DXT, just plain import. Now right-click again, but import alpha this time, and select your alpha image. Now you have a transparent image, but if you commit now you'll get horrible crunchiness, so right-click and export your new transparent texture. Now re-import it properly through build DXT.
I hope this helps! I'm going to be away from sims stuff for a little while here soon, so I may not be able to reply for a while. The Devil in the Details subforum forum on GoS's Tree of Knowledge forum is a good place to post if you get stuck. Bosie's tutorials in there are more enlightening about layer masks, too. :)
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Date: 2011-05-18 10:35 pm (UTC)Make sure to export your alpha as I explained above. Now import your non-transparent texture -- not build DXT, just plain import. Now right-click again, but import alpha this time, and select your alpha image. Now you have a transparent image, but if you commit now you'll get horrible crunchiness, so right-click and export your new transparent texture. Now re-import it properly through build DXT.
I hope this helps! I'm going to be away from sims stuff for a little while here soon, so I may not be able to reply for a while. The Devil in the Details subforum forum on GoS's Tree of Knowledge forum is a good place to post if you get stuck. Bosie's tutorials in there are more enlightening about layer masks, too. :)