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Subject: Jagged edges..whats the best way to keep from getting them??


Serena_ ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 12:35 PM · edited Thu, 25 July 2024 at 12:16 PM

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Um any tips on how to keep the edges from being jagged? I did the ''load from alpha'' and hit ''delete'' inside of paint shop pro..aside from using the erase tool..which for me i cant never get a smooth edge >.< is there another tip or trick i can use to keep them smooth?

Message edited on: 02/26/2005 12:36


dlk30341 ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 1:20 PM

1st make sure when you do this anti-alias is set to 0...you can also modify the selection by taking it in. Or you could always use the softening brush & go around the outline. Make sure it's failry small & set not to be very hard. You want it to be subtle. Hope this helps :)


mateo_sancarlos ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 1:21 PM

In Photoshop you select the alpha channel, then load the selection and apply it as a mask. If it's still jagged, maybe the original render wasn't anti-aliased.


dayjo ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 1:31 PM

check your tolerance in photoshop when using your magic wand


dlk30341 ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 1:56 PM

Feathering should be 0 as well.


Plutom ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 1:56 PM

I use PSP a lot on everything including getting rid of the jagged edges. For me, the free hand tool with point-to-point selected does an outstanding job (freehand tool looks like a lasso, just take your time and outline what you want to delete (make sure that the antialiasing box is checked or you are right back where your started). Plutom


Serena_ ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 2:04 PM

Thanks guys yah i use psp8 not photoshop i have ps7 but i couldnt figure out how to use it so i stuck iwth psp8 lol i hadnt thought of the lasso tool..thanks!!


Richard T ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 2:11 PM

This is from a previous question:
Export your Poser render as a ".tif".
The following works with PSP 7, however I am not familiar with PSP8

The tiff will have an alpha plane for the transparency, in other words there is no background so they don't need to be extracted with a "magic wand", especially great with things like hair etc. However not all ".tiffs" have alpha planes.

To use them:
(1) Load the image.
(2) Then Menu/Selections/Load from Alpha Channel
(3) Then Menu/Edit/Copy
(4) Now you can do a number of things. Menu/Edit/Paste/As new image (a great way to export it as a tube) or As a new layer (great for compositing), plus a couple of others I don't normally use.
(5) Also look at the selection menu as there some other handy thing there as well like inverting the selecttion to make a mask.

The ".tiff" pictures with Alpha Planes can anything and it is very, very handy for trees and vegetation, see my gallery.

Poser can export ".tiffs" complete with an intact alpha plane which makes it very handy for compositing etc. Just have a look at some of the pics with lots of figures in them in my Renderosity Gallery. (Richard T)
http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=Richard+T

Hope this helps.
Richard


Serena_ ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 2:35 PM

ohhhhhhhhhhh richard i just love your stuff (anxiousdarkangel1981 from pspstartingoutandmovingupfriends ^.~) thanks for the tip!! i'll try that out ^.^


RubiconDigital ( ) posted Sat, 26 February 2005 at 8:17 PM

If you are rendering tifs with alpha channels, there should be no need to be messing around with brushes to blur or soften the edges. However, if you are rendering with Poser 4, you only have the option of turning antialiasing on or off. P4's antialiasing is far less than satisfactory, to say the least, so there are likely to be some jaggies. One option is to render at twice the required size, take it into PSP and resample it down to the size you need. In the layers palette, promote the background to a layer, load in your selection from the alpha channel and delete it. Then composite in your other layers or whatever you need to do. I think P5 has the option to manually set the amount of antialiasing? If so, crank it up more to smooth those edges. I create composite images all the time and have never needed to use brushes to get rid of jaggies.


Serena_ ( ) posted Sun, 27 February 2005 at 8:10 AM

Thanks rubicon, Aye i have p5 and will be trying this also :)


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