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How to create your own material overlay
By YoshiPoland and 1 collaborators
Hello. This guide willl go through the steps you need to take in order to create your own material overlay.
   
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The only third party software you need
"VTFEditor" download link:
http://gamebanana.com/tools/2250
Tutorial
Step 1:
Chose the texture you want (The file format does not matter as long as it is a picture).
https://gyazo.com/987327c898809ad931cc8f22f8bff167

Step 2:
Open VTFEditor and select "File" then "Import". Now just choose your image.
https://gyazo.com/9231a7d9e875f2c0243ba14369ada847

Step 3:
Your image may look glitchy now, but don't worry. Click on Options and check "Auto Create VMT File".
https://gyazo.com/39f5a1f92bb0111cdb602a1529e3471d

Step 4:
Click on "File" then on "Save as..." and select the place you want to save it at (Remember, you have to place the file within a SFM compatable game.)
https://gyazo.com/7c4b698a9275283bedcdd2c62ddb9378

REMEMBER!
Never change the location of your files because the .vmt file contains the location of the file.

Step 5:
Start SFM and open the projekt in which you want to use your new overlay.

Step 6:
Right click on "Effects" within the clip editor. Now click "Add Clip to Track" and choose "Materials Overlay Effect" from the context menu.
https://gyazo.com/bc7a0d6adf918611680edb82ae42c063

Step 7:
Right click on "New Clip" and select "Show in Element Viewer".
https://gyazo.com/2b71651551bbc2a2a51f943a90b035ab

Step 8:
Click on "..." in order to browse for the texture you just created.
https://gyazo.com/04229f86f3b924009408f669c2abb50a

Step 9:
Search for your texture.
https://gyazo.com/b3aa1188e565639a5ca16b182f42881f

Step 10:
Your texture may not be transparent at places in which it was most definitely supposed to be. Therefore you've got to lower the transparency from 255 to 254 or set it to whatever fits your needs.
https://gyazo.com/1dacbfa13e37972c9a67135210da3899

REMBER!
If you want see effect on your posters you must use go to render move change on image sequence and set time on 0.000 - 0.041 (if your project is set for 24 fps)
https://gyazo.com/7f006efcbd227f82149be28f4d2b9a73

Also thanks to Katawunga for check and correct sentences.
Thanks for read my guide i hope it was helpful. Tell me what you think in comments.
5 Comments
Solo Jan 8, 2019 @ 3:31pm 
thanks love.
marty Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:41am 
thanks fam.
The Little Psycho (TLP) Jul 9, 2016 @ 1:44am 
thank you :3 i owe you one!
YoshiPoland  [author] Jul 8, 2016 @ 7:38pm 
@The Little Psycho (TLP)
When you render poster this don't work, so we use image sequence because image sequence render movie as posters and here you must set 0.000-0.041because we want only one poster
The Little Psycho (TLP) Jul 8, 2016 @ 12:24pm 
is it necessary at 0.000 and 0.041? i mean if i have it at 1-1.10 can iuse it?
i mean on my poster dosen;t work :(