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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      @unknownuser said:

      Not there, it's Plugins > Thomthom's Plugins > Export 2D.

      I've got conflict somewhere?

      That's the correct menu item - it's just that you got ThomThom's menu installed which moves all my menu items to that position.

      But it should not affect the result. Can you send me a quick video recording of what you do when you try to export with transparency?

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

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      • honoluludesktopH Offline
        honoluludesktop
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        thomthom,

        @thomthom said:

        @pixero said:

        Was transparency there all along but the built in exporter couldn't handle it?

        Added with the SU8 API.
        ...............

        Is the api documentation wrong? If not color.alpha= What method did you use?
        Temp00.png

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          view.html.write_image
          http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/view.html#write_image

          As of SU8, if you use the hash variant for the arguments you can specify transparency.

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

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          • honoluludesktopH Offline
            honoluludesktop
            last edited by

            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
              last edited by

              @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 — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • D Offline
                donnasanta
                last edited by

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

                Thank you very much.

                -Donna

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  😄 👍

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

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                  • J Offline
                    JGA
                    last edited by

                    Brilliant, works a treat. Thank-you

                    Regards,
                    JGA

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                    • B Offline
                      bupaje
                      last edited by

                      Thank you for this. Opens up a lot of possibilities. 👍

                      Burt
                      Stormvisions

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                      • B Offline
                        bupaje
                        last edited by

                        I have a suggestion for this great plugin (if still in development). 😄

                        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
                            last edited by

                            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

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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 — 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

                                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 — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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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
                                      last edited by

                                      Can you post a reproducible example?

                                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        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
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks John. I'll try that later when I'm at PC. Hope all is well with you 👍

                                          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 😉

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                                          • mooshonovM Offline
                                            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!

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

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