[Plugin] Export 2d with Alpha

EscapeArtist

Great! I needed something like this last week, how did you know?

Thanks for another useful plugin!

thomthom

Thomas, if you could just display the aspect ratio that would be helpful. I could manually enter values using a calculator.

John

I'll see what I can do. I am currently working on a system to make advanced inputboxes easier to make.

JClements

Thomas. Not urgent by any means.

Pixero

@thomthom said:

•SketchUp 7 or newer

@thomthom said:

Added with the SU8 API.

So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?
It exports without transparency and always the whole model.

thomthom

@pixero said:

So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?
Transparency? You can't.

@pixero said:

and always the whole model.

hmm, not on my machine - remember to Hide Rest of Model. WYSIWYG.

rv1974

Is there some way to separate shadows pass?

Pixero

@thomthom said:

@pixero said:

So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?

@thomthom said:

Transparency? You can't.

thomthom

No - I have no control of how it's generated. As you see from the sample I posted the shadows even comes from the whole model, not just what is visible.

Pixero

@thomthom said:

No - I have no control of how it's generated. As you see from the sample I posted the shadows even comes from the whole model, not just what is visible.

This can help for a shadow pass: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/download.php?file=displaytemplate.rb

And maybe a modification of my Shadow control script (http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.html) could be made to set everything not selected to: e.casts_shadows = false

archworks

Congratulations - one of the best for su 2d app

Gaieus

Hey, I did not see this, great plugin, thanks Thom!

Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context.

thomthom

@gaieus said:

Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context.

What version of SU did you use?
Got a screencapture?

Humpmetwice

Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

Humpmetwice

@thomthom said:

After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

I know and it doesn't give me any file type to save it as at all.

thomthom

You have to type the file type yourself - there is no list of file types because the SketchUp Ruby API doesn't let me provide one.

So if you want to save a jpg file just enter "myfile.jpg" in the file dialog.

Gaieus

@thomthom said:

@gaieus said:

Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context.

What version of SU did you use?
Got a screencapture?

The most recent one; SU 8.

Here is a screen capture; now with a different codec than the one you could not open the other day if you remember...

test2.avi

thomthom

That baffles me. I have no idea why this happens. Exactly the same works for me...

test1.zip

Gaieus

Well, sigh... I can always use LO for exporting png's with transparent background...

Maybe it's an XP thing?

thomthom

I don't know. Haven't got an XP machine at hand right now. Could be an SketchUp bug...