Render a still with alpha

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:39 am

Probably a silly question.
How do I render a still image with an alpha?
So when I open it in Photoshop it has an alpha?

At the moment I select and delete the background colour
but would be nice to bring it in with transparency.

NetGenSuperstar · Post by **NetGenSuperstar** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:56 am

If you're exporting to a format that supports transparency, such as PNG, it should be transparent in any part of the image with no filled shapes. For example, if you select File->New, and export that blank canvas to a PNG, it will render a fully transparent image.

So I guess the question would be, what image format are you saving to?

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:07 am

Doh!
I was hitting control+R
saving as a png
and bringing that in.

I knew there was a simple explanation
I need to export the frame as a png

Thanks!

WORKS!

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:30 pm

Ctrl-R, save as PNG, used to support alpha transparency in 5.5. For some reason it was lost in 5.6.

Like he said, the only work around is exporting the single frame.

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:19 am

synthsin75 wrote:Ctrl-R, save as PNG, used to support alpha transparency in 5.5. For some reason it was lost in 5.6.

Like he said, the only work around is exporting the single frame.

Haha!

That's just great

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