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
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>> >> > 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
>> >> >
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