Numbers transparency for A-10 WH

[Charlie_01]

I'm trying to make my own USAF numbers for A-10 WH editing ones from existing skins.

I want to make white numbers with just little less transparency than "tactnumbers-usaf-light_white" I've found in other A-10's skins.

I'm using gimp to editing for and I couldn't do it.

 

As first step I've copyed white numbers as new layer, then I've given more transparency (but less than "light-white").

Following skin tutorial I've converted template to bmp, then to dds file, but after the first step I had a bmp file fully white. Trying again the best I could do is only fully white numbers.

 

Could someone please suggest to me the right way to make my own white numbers with no full opacity?

Thx in advance for any help.

[_Heater_]

Umh...try with photoshop if you can. IIRC the transparency layer is not fully supported in DCS.

 

Here, there is a little tutorial write by me -> http://www.fightercombatsims.net/forums/tutorials/article/6-creare-skin-per-a-10c/

 

Or try to download this guide by Snoopy: http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=47290&d=1296754578