How to make a Sprite
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Hi
I have imported a smiley (3D) into SU and made some modifications. Now want to use these pictures in my Visual Basic 2008 application. The pictures must have a transparent background (sprite) so that when the pictures move in my application the background picture does not change. I use white as my alpha color.
I use a program,Pro Motion, to make the sprites, but that program does not support 3D.So the question is Can Su make the background of a picture transparent? I have searched the SU help for alpha color and background transparent, but come up with blank.
Thanking you very much.
Douglas.
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I tihnk the mac version can do it from the export options, although the PC cant (not sure why theres a difference
)The other workaround would be to take the images in to a photo editing program and delete the background, before saving it as something like .PNG or .GIF, which support transparency.
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Hi,
Thanks very much. Will try.
Douglas.
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Hi,
I have tried your suggestion. I have a 3D image and saved in a file. The only ext. I am allowed to save it is Sketchup Models (.skp).Can I save the image with a different ext.? Just learning.
Thanks very much.
Douglas.
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If you go file->export->2d graphic, that should get you there.
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Hi remus,
I tried your suggestion. I found out that the smiley in the 3D warehouse is very big in size, measured in feet. So I used the scale tool and knocked the image size down to 2 inches and also the window. I then exported it as a bitmap.
I then used Pro Motion to make the background transparent and saved it with a png ext. I then brought it into my Visual Basic 2008 application and the background was transparent.Now I have to some animation.
Thanks very much for your help.
In case anyone reading and need some more explanation, I am more than willing to do so.
Douglas.
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