Fri, Nov 29, 4:20 PM CST

Renderosity Forums / Poser - OFFICIAL



Welcome to the Poser - OFFICIAL Forum

Forum Coordinators: RedPhantom

Poser - OFFICIAL F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 29 7:57 am)



Subject: Transparency issues


ArtWorker ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 10:08 AM ยท edited Tue, 26 November 2024 at 5:04 AM

Here's the deal. I've been hired to create a figure in Poser for a series of animations. These animations will be put on web pages. The content BEHIND the animation has to be visible, so the animation itself has to have a transparent background.

The best way I have found to do this is as follows:

Render the animation out of Poser as a series of still images.
Bring the images into Photoshop, and export them as GIF89A files, with the background color made transparent.
Bring these GIFs into Flash, and re-assemble them into a movie.
Export this movie using Flash's Transparent Window Mode (Publish Settings dialog box).
Build a table having a background image consisting of whatever screenshot I need.
Position the Flash movie in this table using CSS.

It's a rather complex algorithm, but it has the advantage of working.

My question is, does anyone have a better way of doing this? My client wants to be able to change the screenshot from time to time, without necessarily changing the anmation -- so there is no point in putting the screenshot into a layer in Flash. Bigger file, anyway.

I'm posting this in the Photoshop and Poser forums just to see what sort of response I may get from different communities. Thanks in advance, folks!

Message edited on: 05/27/2004 10:10


EnglishBob ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 10:20 AM

A single GIF file can do animation as well as transparency, which would avoid the need for Flash if that's your aim. There are a variety of tools which will assemble stills into an animation for you - I use Animation Shop which comes with Paint Shop Pro, and there are various free ones to be had on the software download sites.


Mark_uk ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 10:20 AM

I render as a series of PSD's and import into Adobe After FX and then key out the alpha channel


ArtWorker ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 10:23 AM

Thanks, folks -- I may use the animated GIF solution depending on the relative file sizes. And I don't have After FX... not in my budget for this project. :-)


Mark_uk ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 3:21 PM

you don't have to use After FX. same method will work in Premiere or Final cut Pro or other similar app.


ArtWorker ( ) posted Thu, 27 May 2004 at 3:38 PM

And I haven't got them, either. But thanks for the input. :-)


Privacy Notice

This site uses cookies to deliver the best experience. Our own cookies make user accounts and other features possible. Third-party cookies are used to display relevant ads and to analyze how Renderosity is used. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Terms of Service, including our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.