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Import Photoshop images to Anime Studio
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:13 am
by Ditta
Hi!
I am a student learning Anime Studio and I am having trouble getting my Photoshop character into Anime Studio
I go to File>Import>Image and then i upload. I see the images in my Layers but I don't see anything on the stage.
Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Ditta
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:09 pm
by JCook
In Photoshop save your images as PNG files. I don't think Anime Studio will import Photoshop format images, but PNG works fine. PNG also supports alpha channels (transparency), which is good for importing images without a background. I you have a lot of images to convert you can set up an action in Photoshop to convert them as a batch.
Jack
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:46 pm
by GCharb
Use 24 bits PNGs, as these work the best.
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:47 pm
by slowtiger
That's a tad bit misleading: a 24 bit PNG is actually an RGB image without tranparency. If you want to include an alpha channel, it will automatically become a 32 bit PNG - but Photoshop will not tell you any of that anyway.
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:21 pm
by hayasidist
Are you trying to use the Photoshop plug-in to do the export? If not then here's a link is to a file that has the (photoshop) script plus a "readme" that tells you how to use it. Broadly, you run the plug-in in photoshop and it spits out a load of .PNGs and creates the necessary layers in an .ANME file...
http://anime.smithmicro.com/update_file ... Studio.zip
or if you've created the .PNGs yourself and imported them into an .ANME - what do you see? an empty stage? an image icon?
or did you import the .PSD as an image? that is (in effect) an export from PS of visible layers as one image file - so are your layers visible in PS? ...
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:38 pm
by funksmaname
24 bit PNG does include an alpha channel
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:54 pm
by slowtiger
Sorry, no.
RGB + alpha = 32bit.
Do the math:
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R = 8 bit
G = 8 bit
B = 8 bit
alpha = 8 bit
_____________
32 bit
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:06 pm
by funksmaname
ok, so photoshop is wrong - when you export it doesn't specify that ticking the 'transparency' box in PNG24 export makes it 32, hence the confusion... makes sense, but it's all semantics in the end
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:14 pm
by slowtiger
as I said, Photoshop will not tell you ...
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:31 pm
by sbtamu
Yep PS does not say how many bits but when you import it to your editor it will show you.
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:06 am
by Víctor Paredes
Anyway, AS8 can import layered psd files directly.
Re: Import Photoshop images to Anime Studio
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:00 pm
by MustJee
Ditta wrote:Hi!
I am a student learning and I am having trouble getting my Photoshop character into Anime Studio :?
I go to File>Import>Image and then i upload. I see the images in my Layers but I don't see anything on the stage.
Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Ditta
Hi Ditta,
maybe my post helps you
viewtopic.php?t=20833&highlight=import+eps
Far at the bottom.
MustJee