Transparent overlay.

Mike Amos

Looking for the file formats acceptable to sketchup that will display transparent sections. PNG is fine but too big a file.

juju

I'm probably wrong, but I think the only format that SU accepts with an alpha channel is PNG.

+++ EDIT +++

I double checked quickly as I've only ever used PNG's.

Seems like PSD files are supported, which should have alpha channel support.

Mike Amos

Thanks, much appreciated. PSD files I cannot do rather irritatingly and png is an immense file size (1.7mb). One of those curve balls in life.

TIG

Have you tried re-sampling the PNG file is Gimp / Photoshop to make it smaller ?
The size you quoted seems very big...

Mike Amos

Thanks, I completely forgot GIMP, I tend to stick to Irfanview for simpler stuff, of which most graphics handling is tbh.

Mike Amos

Not having it, no smaller than 1.7mb. OK, it finally saved the reduced image.

gameongrant

Mike Amos