Alpha Channel

Please use this part to report bugs & errors, ask questions & "How to..."
Post Reply
BlazingAce
Posts: 1
Joined: 17 May 2009, 11:44

Alpha Channel

Post by BlazingAce »

I'm attempting to export an image with an alpha channel that is stacked onto the main image (in TGA), but is invisible; i.e. I don't want to export simple image transparency in this case, but rather an entirely separate alpha channel image.

The end goal is actually for a specular map, which must be attached to the main image. I suspect there's some way to do it that I'm overlooking. Does anyone have any ideas?
User avatar
malcooning
Posts: 2114
Joined: 29 Mar 2006, 12:43
Location: Tel Aviv
Contact:

Re: Alpha Channel

Post by malcooning »

just select "alpha only" from the drop down box in the export panel:
tga alpha.png
tga alpha.png (3.08 KiB) Viewed 7797 times
User avatar
Peter Wassink
Posts: 4437
Joined: 17 Feb 2006, 15:38
Location: Amsterdam
Contact:

Re: Alpha Channel

Post by Peter Wassink »

in the export panel choose
format: TGA
Mode: RGBA
Alpha: PreMult.

then in the bottom part of the panel
make sure you untick 'Background'

i believe this way it should work
Peter Wassink - 2D animator
• PC: Win11/64 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 64Gb RAM
• laptop: Win10/64 Pro - i7-4600@2.1 GHz - 16Gb RAM
User avatar
Peter Wassink
Posts: 4437
Joined: 17 Feb 2006, 15:38
Location: Amsterdam
Contact:

Re: Alpha Channel

Post by Peter Wassink »

malcooning wrote:just select "alpha only" from the drop down box in the export panel:
tga alpha.png
?

a... sorry... now i see it, mr Ace , you want to export Only the alpha. In that case just do what Malcooning says.
Peter Wassink - 2D animator
• PC: Win11/64 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 64Gb RAM
• laptop: Win10/64 Pro - i7-4600@2.1 GHz - 16Gb RAM
Post Reply