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I'll be using Photoshop 6 for this tutorial, but most image editing software newer than MS Paint should be able to do most everything in this guide. A free image editor called "GIMP" can be found at [http://www.gimp.org/ www.gimp.org].

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I'll be using Photoshop 6 and GIMP 2 for this tutorial, but most image editing software newer than MS Paint should be able to do most everything in this guide. A free image editor called "GIMP" can be found at [http://www.gimp.org/ www.gimp.org].

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If you would like to share your decals with others, you can upload them to this page here: [[Decal Download Page]]

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~~[[image:warning.png]] Note for Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 users: These versions of Photoshop handle .tga files in a way that is incompatible~~ with ~~MW4:Mercs needs to make transparencies work. To get these versions to work~~, you ~~will need the Targa.8BI plugin from Photoshop 7.~~

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*UPDATE: You can ~~download the necessary plug in [http~~:~~//www.jadefalconclan.com/downloads/TGA_fix_for_Photoshop.rar~~ [~~here~~]]~~. Put it into your Photoshop's file format folder inside the plugins folder. This has been tested with Photoshop 8, CS3 and CS4. Thanks to AnTi90d.~~

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*UPDATE: I've included some separate instructions for people using Gimp 2. The version I am using is the version that can be found at the link at the top of this page.

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== Making Custom Decals ==

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If it's under 5KB, transfer it to your 'customdecals' folder and try it out.

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~~'''~~Things that will affect file size~~'''~~

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==Things that will affect file size==

*Alpha Channel containing more than one color - No gradients from black to white!

*Colors - Try to use as few colors as you can in your decal.

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**Decrease the number of colors in your decal by going to Image>Mode> Choosing 'Index' and changing the number of colors there.

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**Decrease the number of colors in your decal by going to Image>Mode> Choosing 'Index' and changing the number of colors there. Start with 16 colors and whittle the colors down as much as you can while keeping the image clear. Then change it back to RGB mode (Image>Mode>RGB).

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**You can decrease the number of colors after that step by going to Color> and choosing Posterize.

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**You can further decrease the number of colors after that step by going to Color> and choosing Posterize. Keep doing that until the file size is below 5kb.

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-I'll be using Photoshop 6 for this tutorial, but most image editing software newer than MS Paint should be able to do most everything in this guide. A free image editor called "GIMP" can be found at [http://www.gimp.org/ www.gimp.org].
+I'll be using Photoshop 6 and GIMP 2 for this tutorial, but most image editing software newer than MS Paint should be able to do most everything in this guide. A free image editor called "GIMP" can be found at [http://www.gimp.org/ www.gimp.org].
+If you would like to share your decals with others, you can upload them to this page here: [[Decal Download Page]]
-[[image:warning.png]] Note for Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 users: These versions of Photoshop handle .tga files in a way that is incompatible with MW4:Mercs needs to make transparencies work. To get these versions to work, you will need the Targa.8BI plugin from Photoshop 7.
-*UPDATE: You can download the necessary plug in [http://www.jadefalconclan.com/downloads/TGA_fix_for_Photoshop.rar [here]]. Put it into your Photoshop's file format folder inside the plugins folder. This has been tested with Photoshop 8, CS3 and CS4. Thanks to AnTi90d.
 *UPDATE: I've included some separate instructions for people using Gimp 2. The version I am using is the version that can be found at the link at the top of this page.
 == Making Custom Decals ==
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 If it's under 5KB, transfer it to your 'customdecals' folder and try it out.
-'''Things that will affect file size'''
+==Things that will affect file size==
 *Alpha Channel containing more than one color - No gradients from black to white!
 *Colors - Try to use as few colors as you can in your decal.
-**Decrease the number of colors in your decal by going to Image>Mode> Choosing 'Index' and changing the number of colors there.
+**Decrease the number of colors in your decal by going to Image>Mode> Choosing 'Index' and changing the number of colors there. Start with 16 colors and whittle the colors down as much as you can while keeping the image clear. Then change it back to RGB mode (Image>Mode>RGB).
-**You can decrease the number of colors after that step by going to Color> and choosing Posterize.
+**You can further decrease the number of colors after that step by going to Color> and choosing Posterize. Keep doing that until the file size is below 5kb.
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