Open .tga files with alpha channel in photoshop
Alec Jacobson
September 05, 2011
Here's the tedious step by step to open a .tga file with transparency in photoshop as if it were a .png file:
- Open your image.tga
- In the main menu at the top choose Layer > New > Layer from Background... then click OK
- Open the Channels dialog: Window > Channels
You should see:
- RGB
- Red
- Blue
- Green
- Alpha (unchecked)
If you don't see the Alpha channel then your .tga file doesn't have one
- Command+click on the alpha channel's thumbnail (or select the Alpha channel and click the little dashed circle at the bottom of the channels dialog "Load channel as selection")
- Choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection
- With the layer mask selected choose Layer > Layer Mask > Apply
- In the the Channels dialog, trash the Alpha channel