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    • honoluludesktopH Offline
      honoluludesktop
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      Thanks, I see that the api notes that the method applies to v6.0+. How can that be correct?

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        @honoluludesktop said:

        Thanks, I see that the api notes that the method applies to v6.0+. How can that be correct?

        The method is old, but the transparency argument is new.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          donnasanta
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          Thank you Thom Thom!
          New to SketchUp 8 (1) month. Had the 'no transparency in 2D export" problem. Found SketchUcation β˜€ , found your plug in πŸ˜„ , fixed my problem.

          Thank you very much.

          -Donna

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • J Offline
              JGA
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              Brilliant, works a treat. Thank-you

              Regards,
              JGA

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                bupaje
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                Thank you for this. Opens up a lot of possibilities. πŸ‘

                Burt
                Stormvisions

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                  bupaje
                  last edited by

                  I have a suggestion for this great plugin (if still in development). πŸ˜„

                  Would it be possible to export multiple layers as a series of png's? I see that ImageReady CS2 has an option to import a series of images to layers, which can then be saved out as a psd file. This would make SketchUp great for blocking in some layers -say foreground/midground/background elements and individual objects, then opening in Photoshop to do paintovers with the objects seperated by layer.

                  Burt
                  Stormvisions

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                    sank64
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                    Takk for det!

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                    • mooshonovM Offline
                      mooshonov
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                      Hey thom and thanks for this great plugin.

                      I need to produce some 2d transparency alpha maps. Installed TT_lib2 folder along side tt_lib and tt_export.rb into the plugins directory.

                      Don't have the dialoug which you mark "Transparency" while exporting png from file>export>2d graphic.

                      many thanks

                      V-Ray for SketchUp eBook author
                      >>> Buy your copy now at vfsbook.com
                      Licensed Instructor
                      Chaos Group Partner
                      CEO @ V-Ray Israel

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @mooshonov said:

                        Don't have the dialoug which you mark "Transparency" while exporting png from file>export>2d graphic.

                        See the description again in the first post. The menu is not located under File, it is "View -> Export 2d".

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
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                          Thom,

                          Ever notice some funny screen cropping using this?

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
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                            Cropping? It exports the incorrect area?

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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

                              Exactly, if I play with resolution size at times it'll crop away some of the image. But I'm keeping the the same ratios.

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
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                                Can you post a reproducible example?

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                • JClementsJ Offline
                                  JClements
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                                  Rich, I'm not sure if I understand the issue. Would the following help?

                                  1- Open SU.

                                  2- Use the Film&Stage Plugin, create a camera, edit the Aspect Ratio of the camera, and adjust the window according so there aren't any gray bars.

                                  3- Now close and reopen SU. Open your model. Pan and tweek your model within the confines of the window. Now export using the width value in pixels of the value assigned to the camera of Film&Stage in Step 2.

                                  John

                                  John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                    Thanks John. I'll try that later when I'm at PC. Hope all is well with you πŸ‘

                                    But, to clarify about using this tool. Let's say I have SU maximised and the workspace resolution is 1600x1200. So the export must follow 4:3 to export the scene correctly? Otherwise cropping will occur? This would be my normal approach but at times exporting at larger resolutions resulting in cropping.

                                    Is it possible that an onscreen doodad be added, not those grey bars, to reflect the capture zone? I notice Thea Exporter add 'Rule of Thirds' overlay πŸ˜‰

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                                      mooshonov
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                                      @thomthom said:

                                      @mooshonov said:

                                      Don't have the dialoug which you mark "Transparency" while exporting png from file>export>2d graphic.

                                      See the description again in the first post. The menu is not located under File, it is "View -> Export 2d".

                                      THANKS!

                                      V-Ray for SketchUp eBook author
                                      >>> Buy your copy now at vfsbook.com
                                      Licensed Instructor
                                      Chaos Group Partner
                                      CEO @ V-Ray Israel

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                                      • dereiD Offline
                                        derei
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                                        Feature request:

                                        Hy thomthom I use this plugin a lot and sometimes I need to work faster with it. So, if you don't mind, I would like to request some features for it.

                                        -cross-session save of chosen parameters
                                        -actual screen size image export
                                        -now, if resolution doesn't match with screen, it clips out the model (is like the height of image tries to fit the screen, and clips from width). Is it possible to fit the model instead?

                                        Also, I would like to better explain to me what exactly "0.9" value from "compression" parameter means, now I let it like it is because I have no idea what values I could input and how it will change the image.

                                        Thanks for taking this into consideration.

                                        DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
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                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Also, I would like to better explain to me what exactly "0.9" value from "compression" parameter means, now I let it like it is because I have no idea what values I could input and how it will change the image.

                                          It's how much a JPEG will be compressed.

                                          I'll make notes of the requests and see what I can do.

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • dereiD Offline
                                            derei
                                            last edited by

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            It's how much a JPEG will be compressed.

                                            But the exported image is PNG πŸ˜• I'm not sure that I understand. Ok, it's about compression... I asume "no compression" means 0 (zero) ? what is the maximum value that can be used?

                                            DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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