In an FXPHD tutorial, Sean Devereau used a photoshop file where each layer had its own transparency for its layer's element and with a Shuffle node you simply selected the layer from the "A" drop down. Worked fine.
On Oct 25, 2011, at 1:37 AM, Patwong77 <[email protected]> wrote: > At my last company we were using layer exr layers from photoshop. Most > probably the proexr format u talking about. > > We had a spefic custom exr reader Pytgon script which basically recreated > the modes layers, the order and also the opacity levels. Its layer modes > worked in video colour space so most likely 8 bit i think . And then had a > final lut applied at end to put back into true linear. > > It worked well. Wasnt always exatcly the same as the matte painting > reference i was told. Often had to be tweaked in the opacity levels > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25 Oct 2011, at 04:52 AM, Farhad Mohasseb > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmmz I tried the exr writer plugin for cs5 but it seemed broken on anything >> above 5 layers.... do you know what plugin you guys are using? I wouldn't >> mind giving it a go.... but yea the ultimate solution would be a 32bit psd >> reader for nuke so there could be a consistency in one file and one format >> between matte painters and Compositors. >> >> On Oct 24, 2011 9:45 PM, "Randy Little" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well what you do in that case is make Layer mask from the alphas and >> run the script. then you do another pass with the layers with no >> alphas then combine IF needed in Nuke. Or the layer mask from alpha >> might just work I don't know I haven't done it in a long time we just >> use cs5 and export multi layer EXR :-) Did you try that? convert to >> 32 keep layers and export exr. Pretty sure thats SUPPOSED TO work in >> CS5. >> >> of course this is all kluge and a proper layer reader would be great. >> >> Randy S. Little >> http://www.rslittle.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 21:39, Farhad Mohasseb >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Randy, the hard part with that script is getting the correct associated >> > alpha and layer combination. If your going to do this, then really you >> > might as well just do an uncompressed 32bit TIFF for the wanted layers and >> > save a headache .... but it be nice if there was a full range psd reader in >> > nuke... I just looked and don't see anything on foundry feature request. Is >> > there any reasons why the header for the 8bit differs than the 16bit for >> > the >> > psd? >> > >> > On Oct 24, 2011 9:24 PM, "Randy Little" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> file, script's, export layers as files. in photoshop. Might have to >> >> bake some things. >> >> Randy S. Little >> >> http://www.rslittle.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 21:12, Darren Coombes >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Cool, thanks for the tips guys. >> >> > I'm using 16 bit files, so prob why it's not working. >> >> > A shame to down convert. >> >> > Thanks >> >> > >> >> > Darren Coombes >> >> > Tel: +61 2 9520 3633 >> >> > Mob: +61 418 631 079 >> >> > Skype: darrencoombes >> >> > iDisk: https://public.me.com/darren.coombes >> >> > On 25/10/2011, at 1:54 PM, Randy Little <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > when it loads you can have the flattened version or you can choose >> >> > what layer the read uses. To do multi layer you have to have a read >> >> > for each layer you want to work on. (well or a shuffle I guess) >> >> > >> >> > Randy S. Little >> >> > http://www.rslittle.com >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 20:42, Darren Coombes >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hi, does anyone have any tips on importing a layered photoshop file into >> >> > >> >> > nuke? So you can work on each layer separately? >> >> > >> >> > Thanks. >> >> > >> >> > Darren Coombes >> >> > >> >> > Tel: +61 2 9520 3633 >> >> > >> >> > Mob: +61 418 631 079 >> >> > >> >> > Skype: darrencoombes >> >> > >> >> > iDisk: https://public.me.com/darren.coombes >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > >> >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> >> > >> >> > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> >> > >> >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> >> > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> >> > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Nuke-users mailing list >> >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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