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Transparent stained glass window from image

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    judecalverttoulmin
    last edited by 3 May 2016, 19:17

    Hi all, even though I used SketchUp 8 a few years back I hadn't used it since until recently as we've finally got a new PC with a decent graphics card powerful enough to make it a joy to use.

    I'm still a noob at this although I've made three models . I've just finished a model of a house I'd like to build in Spain (haha fat chance.) There's a flythrough here on YouTube where you can see I've used stained glass windows I've downloaded from the 3D Warehouse. But what I want to do is make my own stained glass window which will cut openings from a png saved from PS.

    I know how to make components which can cut openings and I can import a png with transparent background of a stained glass window I've cut out in PS, but what I can't figure out (and I've googled the hell out of the question) is how to make a transparent stained glass window cutting component like this one in the 3D warehouse . How do I make the actual stained glass transparent? I've read something about painting each individual colour with transparency but there has to be a simpler way!

    All help gratefully received.

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      pbacot
      last edited by 3 May 2016, 20:06

      Try "color to alpha" on your image in PS then save as png. import the png to SU as image. Put the image into your cutting component.

      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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        judecalverttoulmin
        last edited by 3 May 2016, 20:32

        That is a great idea pbacot thanks will report back when I've tried it!
        EDIT: Ah, it appears that colour to alpha is for Gimp only not PS, in PS you have to use channels apparently. I'll try it in Gimp, at least I know now that I have to make the image transparent before I import it into SU!

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