Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: How do you customise Png files in photoshop?

garrr opened this issue on Aug 27, 2002 ยท 5 posts


garrr posted Tue, 27 August 2002 at 6:35 PM

I created some mat files for poser pro pack and needed to created some customised mat image files so I loaded the PNG file in photoshop and edited it by adding a render image to it and saved it back as a png file, but when back in poser pro the image dosent show up anymore and the window on the pose library is Blank. The file itself works by setting the materials but no image shows up on window. Can anyone help me resolve this?


Little_Dragon posted Tue, 27 August 2002 at 6:45 PM

So many things that can go wrong, so little time .... Alpha channel. You need an alpha channel in your resaved .png. If Poser can't find an alpha channel, it assumes by default that the entire thumbnail is completely transparent. I learned this the hard way (trial and error). Of course, you might be having a different problem altogether.



garrr posted Tue, 27 August 2002 at 7:27 PM

But how do u create an alpha channel Little dragon?


garrr posted Tue, 27 August 2002 at 7:48 PM

It's ok, figured out how to do everything now...Render image in poser, then export as a png, import into photoshop and item is rendered on a transparent background...Edit it then resave as a png in mat pose dir and poser pro dispays it as normal on neutral background....Yippee!..Phew!


Little_Dragon posted Tue, 27 August 2002 at 7:53 PM

Glad you got it fixed. I could tell you how to create and work with alpha channels in Paint Shop Pro, but I don't have Photoshop, so couldn't walk you through that software's process.