What am i doing wrong?

Hey guys.
it is pretty weird. It is only sometimes it works when i skin, even though i do it the same way! fx when i make the grunt
1. i use the Warcraft III viewer to find the grunt and convert it to tga
2. Use Photoshop to edit it.
3. Then i convert it back to blp.
4. I convert it into World Editor, and set the path to: units\orc\Grunt\Grunt.blp
5. I reload world editor
And it doesn't work. but if i do it with the same steps, with the Dread lord. it works! What am i doing wrong here?

Could be a number of things...

Have you thought about saving your file as a bmp, edit and then change it to a blp.

Ain't working.. what do you other guys do when skinning..?

*change the filepath to Units\Orc\Grunt\Grunt.blp

*make sure you are importing it into war3.mpq

*if using the TFT editor to import, you need to test the map and the skin shows up ingame. (best way, just place unit and test) Or else place the unit, import the skin, then quit the editor, saving when it prompts you to.
Then re-open the editor, the skin SHOULD be there.

*When importing into the main archive (war3.mpq), always create a backup file first, or else if you screw up (it does happen) you need to re-install.

i would most likely guess it is your alpha channels. Double-check to make sure you have them.