[Plugin] Export 2d with Alpha
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Well, you know where to report it (and who has all sorts of machines). I have no clue about the ins and outs of ruby. I could never make a proper bug report on plugins!
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Just to narrow it down to a simple test case - can you try this one-liner?
<span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">write_image</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">filename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxstring">'C;\test.png'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">640</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">480</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">antialias</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transparent</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">true </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span> -
Try what? Enter the ruby console? I get this:
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If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black] then the image will export with a transparent background in place of the 'pure-black', when you open it in Gimp or a web-browser etc you will see there is no background...
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@tig said:
If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black]
Should not need to do this - I export with the default SketchUp Sky - still I get transparency.
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@thomthom said:
@tig said:
If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black]
Should not need to do this - I export with the default SketchUp Sky - still I get transparency.
That's not entirely correct... iIF you have a Sky and/or Ground ticked in your Style you will not get a transparent background to the png for the areas that these parts 'cover'.
BUT if you have the Sky AND Ground un-ticked in your Style then I agree - the color of the Background itself is irrelevant because whatever it is when the have the png export transparency set 'on' that background is made 'transparent' - no matter what color it is - white, black, magenta or anything else! -
I get Transparency with Sky on. But not with Ground.
...Gaieus... do you have the Ground on?
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Correction: Sky do appear when exporting. I just always tried with a view looking down so no sky was visible.
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@thomthom said:
I get Transparency with Sky on. But not with Ground.
...Gaieus... do you have the Ground on?
I find that both sky and ground obscure my png's background transparency ?
I need to have sky and ground both off to have a fully transparent background in the png, BUT even then shadows on the ground-pane will show up floating is space so you need to have that option off too... -
Don't know why I haven't seen this gem before today...
Awesome, Thomas...!
Thank you SO much...!! -
Hi Thom and TIG; you are right, when I turn ground and sky off, I can export with transparency.
And now I am banging my head to the wall (where is that smiley?
)This is exactly the way you need to set your style to be able to export your png with transparency!
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Yea - we need that smiley.
This has been one for my Duh! list as well.
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Thanks anyway (and again) for the plug however. I do not know if there is a solution in ruby but if not, I guess you have already updated the info on the first page.
Maybe a solution to temporarily disable ground and sky?
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@gaieus said:
Maybe a solution to temporarily disable ground and sky?
Maybe the user want either one on/off...
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Thom,
This is exporting for me? Ground/Sky off, BG is White and adding .png to file name when exporting but no joy! I know i've missed something here but re-reading the thread i can't pin it down?
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Can you post this joyless model? And/or screenshot?
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Just a warehouse model for testing before you know what
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Gimme model
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It was actually one of Pete's submissions.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=198656#p198656
But later I'll provide the model itself in case there's a difference
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I had no problems getting the transparency. I just loaded the model and exported.
Exactly what do you do?
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