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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.
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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˜„

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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

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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!

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                                    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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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            @Urgen:
                                            While I know your excellent capabilities from your posts here in the forum, how would I detect that your image of Obama is indeed originating from a model done in zbrush, or Blender, or Modo?
                                            Technically brilliant image by the way.

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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