Forum: Carrara


Subject: Alpha Channel for RDS 5.5 on PC

AzChip opened this issue on Jan 25, 2001 ยท 4 posts


AzChip posted Thu, 25 January 2001 at 4:52 PM

Does anyone know how to get an animation to render with an alpha channel in RDS? I've tried all the various formats available; am I missing something simple? Man, I hope so. I had RayDream 3d on both a mac and a pc, on the mac it rendered with alpha channel automatically. I can't seem to get it to render with one on the PC at all.... Aaargh! Thanks! Chip


graylensman posted Fri, 26 January 2001 at 7:40 AM

It seems to me the solution is obvious... but then again, as Mac guy, I'm as open-minded as any religious fanatic. ;)


AzChip posted Tue, 30 January 2001 at 4:31 PM

Thanks for the input, Lensman.... Unfortunately, I had to have the rendering done this past weekend for a commercial for the upcoming Phoenix Film Festival. Had to do it the old fashioned way; cheat! I've considered making the switch, but I just have too much PC gear to give it all up....


graylensman posted Tue, 30 January 2001 at 9:14 PM

Hey, Chip - if your gear is USB based, you might actually be able to find Mac drivers for the stuff; MacAddict magazine runs an occasional column in which they do that very thing for various scanners, printers, etc. I know what you mean about "cheating" - deadlines suck!