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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      It was the White BG that i needed to know. Was the infinite plain a Diffused White? I really like that setup πŸ‘

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
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        It's Odie, from Garfield. πŸ’š

        http://www.designsbyjoy.net/DesignerTag/Animation/GooGifs/odie.gif

        http://www.solos-art.com

        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
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          Very cool Toon Dog β˜€
          Does the new SDS2 has a Points/faces/polygons counter visible on the screen?

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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          • michaliszissiouM Offline
            michaliszissiou
            last edited by

            Nice dog.
            Well done Pete,
            Crits? Too many polys (but its OK here) much stretching on ears area, not the best for UVs.

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            • FrederikF Offline
              Frederik
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              @solo said:

              ...exported the line image...

              I've never figured how to do this...
              Please enlighten us mortals...
              If I export a line image, the background will not be transparent...

              Cheers
              Kim Frederik

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              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                I presume he sets the blend mode to overlay in Photoshop? That's what i do anyway 😳

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  @michal, Poly count is no issue, I dont mind high poly models, I use a studio renderer so that hurdle is overcome. I used FFD on ears so yes I stretched the mesh.

                  @Frederick and Rich, I use a white background when rendering so exporting SU lines with a white background actually helps, in PS I use 'multiply' for blend, makes lines pop better.

                  http://www.solos-art.com

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                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
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                    @frederik said:

                    If I export a line image, the background will not be transparent...

                    if you export a tiff or png which support transparency then click 'transparent background' in the export options.

                    [though i'm thinking this may be a mac only feature?]

                    screen 1.jpg

                    dotdotdot

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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
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                      Mac only... πŸ’š

                      See, there is a reason for owning a Mac. πŸ˜‰

                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
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                        What is it? You can it disappear into the BG

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                        • FrederikF Offline
                          Frederik
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                          @solo said:

                          @Frederick and Rich, I use a white background when rendering so exporting SU lines with a white background actually helps, in PS I use 'multiply' for blend, makes lines pop better.

                          Cheers, Pete...
                          Just thought you had a trick in your sleeve to export the lines with transparent background, but blending using 'multiply' works just fine... πŸ‘

                          Edit: I knew I had seen somewhere that you're able to get transparent background on a Mac...
                          Well, well... thomthom's Export 2d with Alpha can make similar png's for us depending on Windows... πŸ˜›
                          Unfortunately only the background will be transparent and not objects (not even if you paint them in the same color as the bg)...

                          Cheers
                          Kim Frederik

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                          • michaliszissiouM Offline
                            michaliszissiou
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            I use a white background when rendering so exporting SU lines with a white background actually helps, in PS I use 'multiply' for blend, makes lines pop better.

                            Multiply works fine, no need for transparent background.
                            If you want transparent or semi transparent exports (lets say window glass etc) apply a strong color (pure magenta or green) then use it as mask in Ps. πŸ˜‰ A nice way for fake reflections in PP.

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
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                              @solo said:

                              Mac only... πŸ’š

                              See, there is a reason for owning a Mac. πŸ˜‰

                              Actually, that is no longer true. I think since they re-built the SU render engine in 7.1, PC has been able to export transparent png's.

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                              • FrederikF Offline
                                Frederik
                                last edited by

                                @chris fullmer said:

                                Actually, that is no longer true. I think since they re-built the SU render engine in 7.1, PC has been able to export transparent png's.

                                Please elaborate and post some screen shots, Chris...
                                Cause I sure can't find this in the option menu...
                                I've tried both tif and png - and I don't see any option for selecting transparent background...

                                @frederik said:

                                Well, well... thomthom's Export 2d with Alpha can make similar png's for us depending on Windows... πŸ˜›

                                Cheers
                                Kim Frederik

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                                • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                  michaliszissiou
                                  last edited by

                                  Really Frederik, you don't need this much. You may need to mask some glass windows too, transparency doesn't help much there. Try to assign a pure green or magenta instead. Ps can do miracles this way. From a mac user anyway.

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                                  • FrederikF Offline
                                    Frederik
                                    last edited by

                                    I know, michalis...
                                    I can make incredible things in post pro with PS for Win... πŸ˜„
                                    I also know about the work arounds, but if I can avoid them, it would be great...

                                    Chris F. states that transparent background is possible with SU for Win since ver. 7.1 but I can't find how/where, hence my question to Chris to post some screen shots...

                                    Well, well... I don't want to hijack this thread... πŸ˜„

                                    Cheers
                                    Kim Frederik

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      @frederik said:

                                      @chris fullmer said:

                                      Actually, that is no longer true. I think since they re-built the SU render engine in 7.1, PC has been able to export transparent png's.

                                      Please elaborate and post some screen shots, Chris...
                                      Cause I sure can't find this in the option menu...

                                      I'd also be curious, Chris. What beta build are you using?
                                      πŸ˜†

                                      Gai...

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        This is bizarre - is it seriouslly not possible? I swear I've done this a dozen times in the last week. Even wierder is I'm sure it was Gaieus who corrected me last time I said the same thing as Solo. I think I'm experiencing early onset dimentia. I suddenly am unsure of everything.

                                        I'm on vacation now and I don't have access to SU at the moment. So when I can play with SU, I'll test it. so weird....... πŸ˜•

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          First, there is no checkbox for transparent background at all so I cannot set it. When I export (even with sky and ground turned off), the white background appears, too.

                                          I can of course export with transparent background from LayOut.

                                          Gai...

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                                          • FrederikF Offline
                                            Frederik
                                            last edited by

                                            @gaieus said:

                                            First, there is no checkbox for transparent background at all so I cannot set it. When I export (even with sky and ground turned off), the white background appears, too.

                                            Thanks for confirming this, Csaba... πŸ‘

                                            @gaieus said:

                                            I can of course export with transparent background from LayOut.

                                            I have ver. 7 Pro, but I haven't upgraded ver. 8 to Pro... 😳
                                            Besides, I've never really used LayOut...

                                            Cheers
                                            Kim Frederik

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