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Thu, Jun 5, 2014 7:58 AM
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Photoshop: Import Option for RGBA files, to interpret Alpha as Layer Mask or Transparency
Feature request for Adobe Photoshop:
an Import Options dialog for linked/placed RGBA-files,
that let us choose to import alpha as transparency or as a layer mask
This comes in handy when stacking 3d-renders with alpha channels as Smart Objects.
Currently, we have to open all rendered files and 'manually' transfer the alpha-information to transparency.
See my blog:
http://jaydude-featurerequests.blogsp...
an Import Options dialog for linked/placed RGBA-files,
that let us choose to import alpha as transparency or as a layer mask
This comes in handy when stacking 3d-renders with alpha channels as Smart Objects.
Currently, we have to open all rendered files and 'manually' transfer the alpha-information to transparency.
See my blog:
http://jaydude-featurerequests.blogsp...
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jan_vork
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7 years ago
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chris_cox_2148894
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7 years ago
We also should not prompt on every file opened and saved to ask users how they intended to use the extra channel data - unless we have to on some file formats that are ambiguous or commonly misused (TGA, EXR).
It sounds like you need to use a file format that specifies the extra channel to be transparency, and you are currently using a file format that does not define it that way, or are writing it incorrect (sometimes in TIFF the channels are mislabeled).
Also, your request would be much clearer if you told us what file format you were having problems with.
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tomas_westerholm_7329079
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6 years ago
here is an example of a file with sky in background if imported to video editing software like Sony Vegas but not visible in Photoshop CC, only transparency shows empty sky.
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tomas_westerholm_7329079
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6 years ago
and this is how the image should look like without the transparency activated. My problem is that I don't find a way to disable the transparency and get the sky data visible in Photoshop CC.
Any knowledge appreciated,
tomas.westerholm@3drender.fi
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matthew_keyes
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4 years ago
I think this is a PNG issue. Photoshop always reads the PNG alpha as transparency, while other applications allow you to read it as transparency, or as alpha. Check out this plugin it may help, or save your files as an EXR sequence to allow you to specify how you would like Photoshop to deal with the alpha. http://www.fnordware.com/superpng/
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ralph_hill
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4 years ago
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