All in all, it saves a lot of time and headache to use Photocaster. It's not that expensive, and it allows you to pop your entire photoshop file into Director instantly, preserving every beautiful alpha channel exactly as it is in Photoshop. The biggest benefit, though, is the time it saves, keeping you from having to save out every layer as a separate image. (I realize that this can be done more easily with Fireworks than with Photoshop, but that still takes a couple of extra steps.)
Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:48 AM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Image size > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:17:06 -0800, Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note: Director can Import 4-channel (RGB+A) Photoshop files w/o the > > Photocaster Xtra > > Director has included the Photoshop 3.0 Import Xtra for this since d6. > > It's in the \Xtras\Mix\ folder. > > ... but this Xtra has an important bug: Photoshop RGB+A images are > premultiplied with white, so any images imported in this way have a soft, > milky halo around them. > > <http://www.director-online.com/howTo/UD_articles/UD58/images/Fig2_sta.jpg> > > After Effects offers 'premultiply' as a switchable option. Photoshop does not. > (Stupid, stupid, stupid). > > This problem is discussed at length here: > > <http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=290> > > Basically these are the steps for doing it 'properly': > > 1) Make sure you Photoshop file has one layer (with transparency) > > 2) Load the transparency information (Select->Load Selection) > 3) Save the selection in an alpha channel (Select->Save Selection) > (Ensure that you only have ONE alpha channel) > > 4) Run 'Filter Factory' with settings > > R: r > G: g > B: b > A: 255 > > ... or just download the ready-made plugin from the DOUG article and use that. > > 5) The image now looks HORRIBLE, but don't despair. It will come out alright. > > 6) FLATTEN the image (very important) > > 7) Save and import into Director and wonder at its beauty. > > > > Brennan > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
