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Render a still with alpha

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:39 am
by madrobot
Probably a silly question.
How do I render a still image with an alpha?
So when I open it in Photoshop it has an alpha?

At the moment I select and delete the background colour
but would be nice to bring it in with transparency.

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:56 am
by NetGenSuperstar
If you're exporting to a format that supports transparency, such as PNG, it should be transparent in any part of the image with no filled shapes. For example, if you select File->New, and export that blank canvas to a PNG, it will render a fully transparent image.

So I guess the question would be, what image format are you saving to?

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:07 am
by madrobot
Doh!
I was hitting control+R
saving as a png
and bringing that in.

I knew there was a simple explanation
I need to export the frame as a png

Thanks!
:oops:

WORKS!

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:30 pm
by synthsin75
Ctrl-R, save as PNG, used to support alpha transparency in 5.5. For some reason it was lost in 5.6.

Like he said, the only work around is exporting the single frame.

:roll:

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:19 am
by madrobot
synthsin75 wrote:Ctrl-R, save as PNG, used to support alpha transparency in 5.5. For some reason it was lost in 5.6.

Like he said, the only work around is exporting the single frame.

:roll:
Haha! :roll:
That's just great

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