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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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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    Back to topic, more characters, this is a WIP, still got more face detail to do, it's supposed to be... why don't y'all guess, that way I know how bad it is.

                    who am I.jpg


                    model lines.jpg

                    http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                    • W Offline
                      Whaat
                      last edited by

                      Looking good, solo! Was most of this model created with the SDS2 sculpt tool? Or did you use your proxy/subdivision workflow?

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        Proxy base, then divide,sculpt,divide,smooth, I know it sounds like a silly workflow but once SDS2 is released most folk will understand.

                        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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                          Did Richard Prior and Kevin Spacey have a love-child?

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                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                            EarthMover
                            last edited by

                            Hmmm....it's either Obama or Robert Downey Jr's character in Tropic Thunder. πŸ˜„

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                            • S Offline
                              SketchUpNoobie
                              last edited by

                              Obama!!!

                              ducks for cover

                              πŸ˜†

                              Edit: Aww, Adam beat me to it.

                              --

                              SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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                              • boofredlayB Offline
                                boofredlay
                                last edited by

                                Give him side burns and its Shaft!

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                                • urgenU Offline
                                  urgen
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                                  ...some offtop...Obama in ZBrush. πŸ˜„ ..hapy new year again! β˜€
                                  1239303698obama.jpg

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                                  • L Offline
                                    liam887
                                    last edited by

                                    lol i second Robert Downey Jr's character in Tropic Thunder

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                                    • soloS Offline
                                      solo
                                      last edited by

                                      Yup, it needs work, after seeing that Z-brush version I realise that I need more practice and doubt SU would handle the poly's needed to create such a mesh not to mention the UV mapping thing that SU honestly does absolutely suck at.

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                                      • L Offline
                                        liam887
                                        last edited by

                                        @solo said:

                                        Yup, it needs work, after seeing that Z-brush version I realise that I need more practice and doubt SU would handle the poly's needed to create such a mesh not to mention the UV mapping thing that SU honestly does absolutely suck at.

                                        I would love somebody to develop precise UV tools to be used with SDS2!

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                                        • jo-keJ Offline
                                          jo-ke
                                          last edited by

                                          @liam887 said:

                                          I would love somebody to develop precise UV tools to be used with SDS2!

                                          that would be perfect!

                                          http://www.zz7.de

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                                          • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                            michaliszissiou
                                            last edited by

                                            Obviously there're better apps for this job (portrait sculpting)
                                            But what you did pete with this tool is impressive. As its a cartoon like approach and its almost perfect.
                                            About UVs, I agree, SUs weak point. Here I have something for the wish list. Two simple and useful methods for wrapping.

                                            1. projection via normals (camera). This is how a gradient simple map is transforming to zbrush "matcaps" materials. Its how a simple picture can work as 'fake' hdr reflections.
                                            2. a cubic blurred edges method. Simple, seamless and effective with lot of seamless maps (easy to create in Ps)

                                            A full UV editor is great but I don't believe that we see this in SU. Some great UI is needed to support this. Some powerful and expensive apps are weak here. Blender is great as a UV editor IMO, 3dcoat is even better. Lot of expensive plugins for max etc etc.

                                            And
                                            Have a great and creative 2011, all of you.

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