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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      I have an update coming up soon. Not ready yet though.

      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

        You can change the code using a text editor.

        I've mine setup to my resolution. πŸ‘

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        • R Offline
          raineysky
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          @thomthom said:

          I have an update coming up soon. Not ready yet though.

          Add mindreader to your list of skills. I just did a two hour search of the forums regarding transparent backgrounds and came across this. THANK YOU!!!

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          • R Offline
            RichardU
            last edited by

            @thomthom said:

            I have an update coming up soon. Not ready yet though.

            I'm looking forward to it. Thanks.

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            • R Offline
              RichardU
              last edited by

              Cookieware donation sent. I don't know how you plan to update this, but it is very useful as is.

              Thanks,

              Richard

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @richardu said:

                Cookieware donation sent. I don't know how you plan to update this, but it is very useful as is.

                Thank you! πŸ˜„

                I have an update in development - more of a merge, transformation with V-Ray Tools (Don't worry, no V-Ray needed.)

                CameraTools.png

                Important new feature is that it tries to make up for the camera shifting that occurs when you set the aspect ratio.

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

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                • G Offline
                  GIphil
                  last edited by

                  Excellent Plugin! The export values are a bit strange but I am just being picky! Thanks for your hard work!

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    Strange values?

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

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                    • FrederikF Offline
                      Frederik
                      last edited by

                      Lately I've experienced that when I export a scene with transparency, in a resolution 4000x3000, I can see the transparency using the standard Windows Image viewer, however, I'm unable to open the png-file in PhotoShop...
                      It's just saying that it's unable to parse the file... πŸ˜•
                      Also... I can't see the image if I try to use XnView...

                      Cheers
                      Kim Frederik

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Sample file?

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

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                        • FrederikF Offline
                          Frederik
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                          Here you go... πŸ˜„
                          (NB! 37.8Mb) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9887081/Test-for-Thomthom.png

                          Like I said, I'm able to open and see it with the standard Windows Image browser and I can open it in i.e. Firefox as well, but not in Adobe PhotoShop CS5.1 and XnView also have an issue when trying to see it... 😐

                          Cheers
                          Kim Frederik

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                          • FrederikF Offline
                            Frederik
                            last edited by

                            OK...
                            I found a way to make it work...
                            Open the file with Microsoft Office Picture Manager and export it to a new png-file...
                            The size will reduce from 37.8Mb to 1.58Mb and I can't see any quality loss... πŸ˜’
                            Check this https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9887081/Test4Thomthom2.png
                            I'm able to open the new file in PhotoShop...

                            Edit: Well... It seem that I need to do something before it works, like use the crop tool and then export it...
                            The result is that the file size reduces significantly and then I'm able to open it in PhotoShop without any quality loss...
                            https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9887081/Test4Thomthom3.png
                            Strange... πŸ˜•

                            Cheers
                            Kim Frederik

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              37.8MB for a 4400x2250px PNG image??? That ain't right.

                              Inspecting your file in a hex editor and it's full of NULL bytes. :s
                              The plugin leaves the writing for the image to SketchUp. And I've never seen this before.

                              My first thoughts are that this is a issue local to your machine. Are you for instance saving to a network drive etc?

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

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                I don't know what it is to be honest.
                                Does it happen to all models?
                                Do you have another computer nearby where you can try?

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

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                                • FrederikF Offline
                                  Frederik
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  My first thoughts are that this is a issue local to your machine. Are you for instance saving to a network drive etc?

                                  Well... In case it's something with my 'puter I wonder what's causing this, cause I've never experienced this before...
                                  I'm just saving the image on my desktop, not on any network drive or another strange location...
                                  Like I said... Very strange... πŸ˜•

                                  Edit: I've now tried to save the png-file to some other locations (eg. a folder on the C-drive, on the desktop, on a network drive), but the result remain identical... 😞

                                  Cheers
                                  Kim Frederik

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                                  • FrederikF Offline
                                    Frederik
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    Does it happen to all models?
                                    Do you have another computer nearby where you can try?

                                    Just did and it's the same... 😞

                                    If I save in resolution 800x600px it works fine and I can open it in Photoshop...
                                    The file size is 1.83Mb in this resolution, but I also set the compression to 0...

                                    Cheers
                                    Kim Frederik

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      Compression should only apply to JPEG.

                                      If you export a similar 2D image from File > Export 2D?

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

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                                      • FrederikF Offline
                                        Frederik
                                        last edited by

                                        @frederik said:

                                        ...but I also set the compression to 0...

                                        Looking for a smiley banging the head into the wall...
                                        Seem that this was causing the issue... 😳
                                        If I leave the compression at 0.9, I'm able to open the file in res. 4400x2250px in Photoshop and the file size is 2.76Mb, which seem reasonable...

                                        Perhaps you should lock the compresion to a specific value or make sure that it can't be set to 0 (read: zero)... πŸ’­

                                        Cheers
                                        Kim Frederik

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                                        • FrederikF Offline
                                          Frederik
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          Compression should only apply to JPEG.

                                          Then it should - by default - be "in-active" when saving to png IMO...

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          If you export a similar 2D image from File > Export 2D?

                                          No problem, but then I can't get the transparency I need... πŸ˜‰

                                          Cheers
                                          Kim Frederik

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            I had no idea it would cause oddities for PNG files... :s
                                            The documentation (roll eyes) says:

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            (optional) Float compression factor for JPEG images, between 0.0 and 1.0

                                            http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/view#write_image

                                            So I figured there was no need to disable/enable depending on filetype - which I have no means of obtaining either as the filedialog comes after the options (SketchUp API limitation). And 0.0 is a valid value for JPEG - at least according to the API... though I've never tried to set it that low.

                                            This sounds like a SketchUp bug - or very poor API documentation.
                                            Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot I can do to address this.

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

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