propstuff Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 I'm making image props of trees. Sorting out the transparency for the branches and leaves is a........."fiddle" shall we say, so I've been trying to try Alpha Channel transparency with no luck. As far as I can see, my 32 bit image files have legit alpha channels, but I haven't been able to activate the Alpha Channel option in the relevant dialogue box. Any suggestions?? cheers, N. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted February 2, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 2, 2004 Hello Propstuff: What image format are you trying to create props from? PNG or TIFF will maintain the alpha channel. Are you saving the files and importing them at 32 bits color? If they are brought in at thousands of colors the alpha channel will stripped off. Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 quote: If they are brought in at thousands of colors the alpha channel will stripped off. Hi Dave, Ah! Ha! This is the vital bit of information that was missing from the manual! ;-) I'll let you know how I get on. (I'll talk to you also about the interior Lighting "rigs" we were discussing before the Holidays) bye for now, N. Quote Link to comment
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