http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/ The project dogwaffle discussion group Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:20 GMT Tiffanie Gray http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7386 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7386 Hey, while all these alpha loving brains are on board..... I work with .tga for 2nd Life, and I've had a bear of a problem with trying to do semi-transparent Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:13 GMT staigermanus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7385 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7385 ... even simpler, no need to store alpha, it's ready to save to file with alpha ... menu: Alpha > blur alpha will do just fine Look also at the other alpha Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:16 GMT Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7384 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7384 Ok I dig, so select the area to be transparent, invert selection, store to alpha, then save as png...ok that works. I'd force the B&W alpha to another layer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:06:10 GMT staigermanus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7383 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7383 I think you missed something in this step: ...and slap it back into swap buffer, erase the layer ... I think you meant to say that the swap buffer needs to be Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:20 GMT Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7382 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7382 In a few cases the artwork is not initially created in Dogwaffle, which is most of the cases I'm encountering, after altering the image in Dogwaffle, select Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:22:12 GMT staigermanus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7381 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7381 Here's another quick and wasy way to save an image (and even an image sequence from an animation) as PNG with transparency masked in alpha, where the Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:42:32 GMT dogwaffle at thebest3d.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7380 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7380 Hm.... I think I lost you there. I don't see why the many steps through the layers are needed or what they add. I mean, after selecting the desired area that Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:07:34 GMT Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7379 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7379 I have done this successfully using the native "save" and selecting png as my save file, and using Doggie FX What I did was magic wand the area I wanted to Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:07:20 GMT alan_rife http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7378 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7378 Particle brushes with alpha, line+alpha or shrinking line+alpha, works. The particle brushes were what I was hoping to use. Doggy FX gives me an error during Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:07:01 GMT cyberife-dogwaffle@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7377 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7377 Okay, particle brushes, lines+alpha and shrinking line+alpha worked out well. Should be a .mov attached . Particle brushes were what I really wanted to export. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:46 GMT staigermanus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7376 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7376 Last time I tried it I don't know that it worked for me but I'll try again. I assume the approach in DoggyFX exporter (Transparent PNG export) is to look for Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:24 GMT pwyskowski http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7375 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7375 The DoggyFX plugin has that ability. It is under the Utilities category. :) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:38:06 GMT alan_rife http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7374 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7374 How do I save a PNG or any other format with transparency in Dogwaffle Pro 4. I need the transparency for Anime Studio Pro. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:28:39 GMT alan_rife http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7373 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7373 Help, read this message, read the manual and still can not figure out how to save PNG with transparency. It should not be that hard to do. Alan Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:53 GMT staigermanus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7372 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dogwaffle/message/7372 I was surprised to see that there are now over a thousand members on this group. For a long while it was hovering around 800-900 as long as I can recall. Nice!