this certainly does help, i'll try to have a look today. once i get the project converted to jpg i'll send a link, also...
thanks! On Jun 9, 2:00 pm, Bart van Andel <[email protected]> wrote: > Converting from a TIFF project to JPG is pretty easy. Just batch > convert all the tiffs to jpg (only change the file extension), open > the hugin .pto file with your favourite text editor and replace all > ".tiff" occurences with ".jpg". No need to recompute any keypoints or > realign the images. > > An alpha channel just defines how visible the pixel should be, from > complely opaque (visible) to completely invisible. If you put a > background layer behind the actual image layer (using GIMP or > Photoshop for example), you should be able to "see through" the image > layer where the alpha layer is not completely opaque. Note that both > GIMP and Photoshop also have to option to add a mask to a layer; this > is different from the alpha channel (for instance, flood filling a > layer with a mask will overwrite the alpha channel, but not the mask) > but can be used for similar purposes. Enblend uses the alpha channel > however, since tiff files do support alpha channels but not a separate > mask. > > If you understand the concept of an alpha layer, as described above, > you should be able to check out the alpha channel without too much > trouble. If you make the background layer contrasting to the image > (for instance, completely red or purple) it's quite easy to see what > the alpha channel does. > > Does this help you? > > Best, > Bart --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
