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exporting with alpha

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:51 pm
by toonertime
i am wondering if i design a character in
AS can i export JUST the character to a PNG
with alpha?

i have tried saving in different
formats, but I always get the background
along with the character, so there is really
no way to manipulate just the character
in another program.

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:27 pm
by heyvern
In order to get the alpha you need to make sure there is NOTHING behind what ever it is you want the alpha for. No layers with fills. That should work.

Also make sure you EXPORT animation rather than just doing a render. The single render doesn't give you the alpha when you try to save it out of that window. You have to use the export command.

You can also try exporting frames to Photoshop PSD (I think pro only). If you render to PSD it will render each top most AS layer as a Photoshop layer. Very handy. Some compositing applications support PSD format for importing.

-vern

saving alpha

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:54 pm
by toonertime
thanks for the fast reply, mr. vern!

i was trying to do this by saving a render,
getting no results. i will use the export animation
route.

Thanks again!

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:19 pm
by chucky
If you want the export animated with alpha then Quicktime .mov (PNG or animation are good) millions of colours + (highest settings)