nerd opened this issue on Jul 31, 2000 ยท 8 posts
nerd posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:10 AM Forum Moderator
I'm working on an image and I was going to use the Alpha channel to isolate my people while I did some Post work. Only problem is when I load the Alpha channel as a selection I get the area between the models and not the models. The only area in the alpha channel is that funny "ghost" area between the models. Since this is an animation, manually tracing the figures to isolate them is just not a viable sslution. Any Ideas? Nerd
Viomar posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:14 AM
First of all is your background color Black?? Maybe turn off the ground too(or make it Same black as Background). Can't think of anything else! Just did a quick test, and worked ok! Marc
nerd posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:21 AM Forum Moderator
I'm playing with it too, I only does it when I render to a new window, I'm making large images so I need to use the New window thing.
Viomar posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:27 AM
And you save it as a tiff?? strange, cause i too always render in NewWindow(2500x2500). Darn it! I'll try again to see if i can't duplicate your situation... Marc
nerd posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:40 AM Forum Moderator
I'm using PSD format, I use Adode for Post work. Lemme try somthing...
nerd posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:44 AM Forum Moderator
Stupid Program. It's done something to my scene. It works fine on a new scene. Ah well, save all the poses and start over I guess. Mutter Grumble Poser! I sure hope Curious is better with QC than Meta was. Thanks Viomar!
Viomar posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 2:52 AM
Well! I just tried both PSD & TIFF! They work fine! Oops! Just got your reply... Glad you solved it! I do remember now, that you mention it! That poser will something "Screw" a pz3 file. Have you noticed that sometimes it will create a RSR file with the pz3??(Don't know what that does, aren't they usually created with library files?) Anyhow, Good Animating! Marc
diana posted Mon, 31 July 2000 at 9:03 AM
I've noticed that Poser can't make up its mind about the alpha channels. The first image rendered after Poser is opened is often saved with the background selected, I invert the selection to grab the objects and people out. Renderings after the first one of the session usually have the objects selected correctly. I render to the same window, I don't know what it does when you render to a new window. I save in psd format.