Are yr pngs in 24 bit? That might help.


On 29 Apr, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Florian Einfalt 
<florian.einf...@saddingtonbaynes.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am having this problem with PNGs from Nuke that I need to deliver in a 
> Photoshop psd-file. This specifically concerns the shadow pass of my comp but 
> generally there is a discrepancy on everything that is not solidly opaque.
> 
> My workflow is as follows:
> - I write my 8-bit PNG out of Nuke using the sRGB colorspace.
> - When I open the rendered PNG in Photoshop I assign the sRGB color profile 
> and over a 'transparent' background the shadow looks to have similar density 
> to the one in Nuke.
> - When I comp that layer over a white background though, the shadow is 
> suddenly more dense than in Nuke. Also, there is a much harsher fall-off in 
> the shadow.
> 
> Is this because Photoshop treats alpha information differently from Nuke? 
> 
> I thought I can maybe counteract this by additional grading in Nuke but even 
> when I grade the alpha gamma to 0.4545 in Nuke and then write the PNG I get 
> closer but not exactly to the same result.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Florian
> 
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