What you need:
1. The base .tga files of the original Asura image. (ripped from sdata.grf using a .grf editor. ex. Gryff’s)
2. Adobe Photoshop (I use CS2, the version doesn’t really matter)
3. Basic knowledge of Alpha Filters

How to do it:

STEP ONE
Rip all of the asura1~asura6.grf and asura11~asura16.grf images from your sdata/adata.grf using a grf editor.
- asura1~asura6 = the 6 chinese words/images shown when a monk casts asura
- asura11~asura16 = the 6 chinese words/images shown when a champ casts asura

STEP TWO
Open asura1.tga with your Adobe Photoshop and go to the channels tab beside the layers.
Click on the “Alpha 1″ channel.

STEP THREE
Using the Rectangle tool/Brushes, make the whole “Alpha 1″ channel black.

Now that the background is all black, you can now add in your designs/texts.

STEP FOUR
Add your own designs/texts to the black “Alpha 1″ channel.
In my “ASAWIK” image, I wrote in
“A” on asura1.tga & asura11.tga
“S” on asura2.tga & asura12.tga
“A” on asura3.tga & asura13.tga
“W” on asura4.tga & asura14.tga
“I” on asura5.tga & asura15.tga
“K” on asura6.tga & asura16.tga
You can put in any 6 letter word, or even fit in 2 letters on 1 .tga to make an even longer word.
Edit each of the .tga’s. You can also just edit 1~6, duplicate them, and rename them to 11~16.
Save them to your \Gravity\RO\data\texture\effect\ folder when finished
NOTE: Only draw/write things on the “Alpha 1″ channel layer. And your letters/draws should look a bit like the size of the original chinese characters. If not, your letters will show up too big in-game.

STEP FIVE
Go Asura someone or have someone Asura you to test if it works.

Credits go to me, Rune of the FrozengladeRO server =D

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