Anatomy of a Tree continued

#1 As a Mac User: I used the following steps:
(1) Use Carrara 3 to generate any tree.
(2) Render image as tiff format with alpha channel (Carrara 3 does not have png format).
(3) Convert image to png format with alpha channel.

Any comments - Jesse

#2 What you asking here?
ALPHA CHANNEL with Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8

1. Load your image with black background (it does dont matter if you made the image in
Poser, Gamespace, 3ds max, etc.).
2. Click Layers\New Mask Layer\From Image.
3. If the Auto Actions window popup click ok button.
4. Make sure the radio button for Any non-zero value on the Add Mask From Image is checked.
5. Click Ok button.
6. You should see the black turn transparent. If not it could be couple of things, you not
using pure black 0 0 0 or you not on the base layer.
7. Click File\Export\PNG Optimizer.
8. Click Transparency Tab.
9. Make sure the radio button for Alpha channel transparency is checked.
10. Click ok button. You done!

Normally if you render the image correct in gamespace and poser the alpha is automatic add to the png.

#3 @Michael

As a Mac User, I do not have much to work with. I could not get Carrara 3 to work correctly with an alpha channel untill I tried the tif format. I am not familiar with this format but I got the alpha channel to work.

My next project is on this forum is: Anatomy of a Tree with Blender.

Thanks - Jesse

#4 You welcome!