Ruby script matte for photoshop
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+1!
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Ok, it's posted. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15790
(Sorry for bringing this thread somewhat off-topic.)
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this may go a bit far...
but is it possible to write a script, that exports a batch of alpha-maps, one for each material? if you have faces with textured materials it sometimes can be quite difficult to select it with the magic wand. with such a pile of alpha-maps it would be a lot easier...
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Yes. that is possible.
but I'm not sure if this is what the OP wants. He was talking about the 6 sides of a cube. Not sure if these faces had separate faces to begin with. And I'm not sure how it's mean to work for a complex model. -
yes, true. my idea is a completely new thing and may be a bit off topic hear.
with complex models the 6 sided colouring could really be quite tricky. what happens with curved surfaces for example? -
OP:
You have SU Pro, which can export to Piranesi. Why not give it a try?
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alpha masks would be HUGE addition. I am constantly needing to separate my content after a vray render and have to make sloppy selections in photoshop. I second plot-paris's request / suggestion!
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Thank you for all your suggestions. My intention is to export primarily to Photoshop, so I can produce quick colour illustrations. Currently I manually paint each surface in SketchUp with bright or contrasting colours,before I export a 2d file. I can produce a mask of the surface in Photoshop it is just slow. I had hope some one would have a script that would automate the process in SketchUp. Colour by layer name or entity maybe. The ability to make Alpha masks when exporting would be great. I have looked at Piranes,it looks very complex I will give it a try.
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@crosswaves said:
Thank you for all your suggestions. My intention is to export primarily to Photoshop, so I can produce quick colour illustrations. Currently I manually paint each surface in SketchUp with bright or contrasting colours,before I export a 2d file. I can produce a mask of the surface in Photoshop it is just slow. I had hope some one would have a script that would automate the process in SketchUp. Colour by layer name or entity maybe. The ability to make Alpha masks when exporting would be great. I have looked at Piranes,it looks very complex I will give it a try.
So you don't want to mask out materials, but objects or layers? My script shouldn't be too hard to adapt for that. But I just want to make sure first that's what you're after.
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would it be possible for the script to temporarily make SU ground and sky white/black as well?
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