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3ds max: file formats with embedded alpha channel?

Posted: July 10, 2006
Kris
What image format, other than targa, allows for embedded alphas?
Posted: July 11, 2006
Etnic Evil
Psd
Posted: July 11, 2006
Kris
I need to render to it
Posted: July 11, 2006
Shawn
Kris, PNG?
...assuming you arent using photoshop
Posted: July 11, 2006
Ted Town
Hooray for png
Photoshop doesn't do so bad
Posted: July 12, 2006
Shawn
If you are using photoshop the PNG support is abysmal
Posted: July 12, 2006
Ted Town
It manages to pick a reasonably good combination of filters and flags
No complaints
Gimp's support is good too
Posted: July 12, 2006
Shawn
It wont save out an alpha channel, it assumes that you are using it for transparency so you have to "make" your alpha with the eraser
Posted: July 12, 2006
Ted Town
I was a huge anti-canvas-transparency person back when they introduced that
But then it really grew on me
Posted: July 12, 2006
Shawn
Not everybody is using the alpha channel for transparency
Posted: July 12, 2006
Ted Town
Oh, you mean it only uses the alpha channel?
Never noticed that
Posted: July 12, 2006
Shawn
DDS also supports alpha channels obviously
Bitmap does also if I recall correctly
If you like several meg images
Posted: July 12, 2006
Ted Town
Heh
Bmp does in some strange variant
Posted: July 12, 2006
Kris
Hm
Thx a lot!