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    • michaliszissiouM Offline
      michaliszissiou
      last edited by

      Really Frederik, you don't need this much. You may need to mask some glass windows too, transparency doesn't help much there. Try to assign a pure green or magenta instead. Ps can do miracles this way. From a mac user anyway.

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      • FrederikF Offline
        Frederik
        last edited by

        I know, michalis...
        I can make incredible things in post pro with PS for Win... πŸ˜„
        I also know about the work arounds, but if I can avoid them, it would be great...

        Chris F. states that transparent background is possible with SU for Win since ver. 7.1 but I can't find how/where, hence my question to Chris to post some screen shots...

        Well, well... I don't want to hijack this thread... πŸ˜„

        Cheers
        Kim Frederik

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          @frederik said:

          @chris fullmer said:

          Actually, that is no longer true. I think since they re-built the SU render engine in 7.1, PC has been able to export transparent png's.

          Please elaborate and post some screen shots, Chris...
          Cause I sure can't find this in the option menu...

          I'd also be curious, Chris. What beta build are you using?
          πŸ˜†

          Gai...

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            This is bizarre - is it seriouslly not possible? I swear I've done this a dozen times in the last week. Even wierder is I'm sure it was Gaieus who corrected me last time I said the same thing as Solo. I think I'm experiencing early onset dimentia. I suddenly am unsure of everything.

            I'm on vacation now and I don't have access to SU at the moment. So when I can play with SU, I'll test it. so weird....... πŸ˜•

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
            All my Plugins I've written

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              First, there is no checkbox for transparent background at all so I cannot set it. When I export (even with sky and ground turned off), the white background appears, too.

              I can of course export with transparent background from LayOut.

              Gai...

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              • FrederikF Offline
                Frederik
                last edited by

                @gaieus said:

                First, there is no checkbox for transparent background at all so I cannot set it. When I export (even with sky and ground turned off), the white background appears, too.

                Thanks for confirming this, Csaba... πŸ‘

                @gaieus said:

                I can of course export with transparent background from LayOut.

                I have ver. 7 Pro, but I haven't upgraded ver. 8 to Pro... 😳
                Besides, I've never really used LayOut...

                Cheers
                Kim Frederik

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Back to topic, more characters, this is a WIP, still got more face detail to do, it's supposed to be... why don't y'all guess, that way I know how bad it is.

                  who am I.jpg


                  model lines.jpg

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • W Offline
                    Whaat
                    last edited by

                    Looking good, solo! Was most of this model created with the SDS2 sculpt tool? Or did you use your proxy/subdivision workflow?

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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
                      last edited by

                      Proxy base, then divide,sculpt,divide,smooth, I know it sounds like a silly workflow but once SDS2 is released most folk will understand.

                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Did Richard Prior and Kevin Spacey have a love-child?

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                        • EarthMoverE Offline
                          EarthMover
                          last edited by

                          Hmmm....it's either Obama or Robert Downey Jr's character in Tropic Thunder. πŸ˜„

                          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                          Content Creator at Skapeup

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                            SketchUpNoobie
                            last edited by

                            Obama!!!

                            ducks for cover

                            πŸ˜†

                            Edit: Aww, Adam beat me to it.

                            --

                            SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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                            • boofredlayB Offline
                              boofredlay
                              last edited by

                              Give him side burns and its Shaft!

                              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                              • urgenU Offline
                                urgen
                                last edited by

                                ...some offtop...Obama in ZBrush. πŸ˜„ ..hapy new year again! β˜€
                                1239303698obama.jpg

                                --pupil forever...------

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                                • L Offline
                                  liam887
                                  last edited by

                                  lol i second Robert Downey Jr's character in Tropic Thunder

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                                  • soloS Offline
                                    solo
                                    last edited by

                                    Yup, it needs work, after seeing that Z-brush version I realise that I need more practice and doubt SU would handle the poly's needed to create such a mesh not to mention the UV mapping thing that SU honestly does absolutely suck at.

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

                                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    • L Offline
                                      liam887
                                      last edited by

                                      @solo said:

                                      Yup, it needs work, after seeing that Z-brush version I realise that I need more practice and doubt SU would handle the poly's needed to create such a mesh not to mention the UV mapping thing that SU honestly does absolutely suck at.

                                      I would love somebody to develop precise UV tools to be used with SDS2!

                                      VISIT MY ONLINE GALLERY
                                      http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                                      • jo-keJ Offline
                                        jo-ke
                                        last edited by

                                        @liam887 said:

                                        I would love somebody to develop precise UV tools to be used with SDS2!

                                        that would be perfect!

                                        http://www.zz7.de

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                                        • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                          michaliszissiou
                                          last edited by

                                          Obviously there're better apps for this job (portrait sculpting)
                                          But what you did pete with this tool is impressive. As its a cartoon like approach and its almost perfect.
                                          About UVs, I agree, SUs weak point. Here I have something for the wish list. Two simple and useful methods for wrapping.

                                          1. projection via normals (camera). This is how a gradient simple map is transforming to zbrush "matcaps" materials. Its how a simple picture can work as 'fake' hdr reflections.
                                          2. a cubic blurred edges method. Simple, seamless and effective with lot of seamless maps (easy to create in Ps)

                                          A full UV editor is great but I don't believe that we see this in SU. Some great UI is needed to support this. Some powerful and expensive apps are weak here. Blender is great as a UV editor IMO, 3dcoat is even better. Lot of expensive plugins for max etc etc.

                                          And
                                          Have a great and creative 2011, all of you.

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                                            SHAHEEN
                                            last edited by

                                            U R AMAZING SOLO ... WISH TO BE SOME DAY LIKE U ... πŸ’š

                                            " An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind "
                                            Gandhi

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