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Rendering with no background

Rendering with no background

Rendering with no background

(OP)
Hi All,

I've created some renderings as tif files with no background, and the Alpha channel enabled. If I open them up in GIMP (my free photo editing program) they look fine with the grey and white checkered background indicating that there is in fact, no background.

Now my client opens up the file in Photoshop and says there is a black background. Is there some setting he has which is filling in the background? Maybe some Alpha channel setting?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
   

60% of the time, it works every time.
 

RE: Rendering with no background

Looks fine on my machine.  I don't have Photoshop loaded, though.  However, there is generally a checkbox in the utilities or options that determines if the backgound is shown as transparent.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
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RE: Rendering with no background

(OP)
Thanks Dan,

The clients out of the office for a few hours but I'll check when he gets back.

 

60% of the time, it works every time.
 

RE: Rendering with no background

In Photoshop (7):

>edit> preferences> transparency and gamut> grid size = none.

H

www.tynevalleyplastics.co.uk

RE: Rendering with no background

yes the file is good, let him check his settings..

RE: Rendering with no background

(OP)
Thanks for all the help people. Now the next question is, what format should I be using to render with no background if my client has an old version of PS?

I'm doing test renderings right now to give to him but any tips would be great.

Cheers

 

60% of the time, it works every time.
 

RE: Rendering with no background

(OP)
Can I give you his email so you can tell him that? Just kidding. I still have to invoice him.

As to the format I'm already sending him tifs. I'll try PNG. I've tried Photoshop files but Solidworks always freezes after it's 3/4 finished rendering.

60% of the time, it works every time.
 

RE: Rendering with no background

PNG is supposedly a "lossless" format, meaning excellent quality in a much smaller file size than TIFF.  So that's what I've switched to using instead of TIFF, and it works great.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

RE: Rendering with no background

(OP)
He says he's using PS2.

Has anybody heard of this problem in that version?

Thanks.

60% of the time, it works every time.
 

RE: Rendering with no background

I thought PS2 was a gaming console, not an image editor.  wink

What does he see in a standard image viewer (like Windows Photo Viewer)?  Should be transparent in that as well.  I'm using only Photoshop Elements (v8.0 or so), and that works just fine for everything except color separations (for printing), but without the price tag.  Perhaps he could "upgrade" to that for less than $100?  The problem is not the image.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

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