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Pixologic Release: Turntable Plus (PC & Mac)

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#23

Just wondering if there is a way to invert the alpha- I have always seen alpha renders inverted (white subject matter on black). My inexperience makes me wonder why it is needed to be the reverse for zbrush. I know I could do my render twice and make the 2nd render a white figure on black BG- or I could use a photoshop action script… but I’m wondering if there is a setting that I missed that would allow the alpha image to be reversed… or even better, stored as an alpha. No worries if not- I got my work arounds. Thank you for this great plug in and your help.

Craig

#24

Say again,

Thanks for your comments and I’m glad you find the plugin useful. I’ll bear your suggestions in mind for the next version. :slight_smile:

comic_craig,

You can change the way the alpha is rendered in the Turntable Plus options dialog - just click the ‘hand’ icon:
[attach=150385]alpha.jpg[/attach] [attach=150387]alpha2.jpg[/attach]

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alpha.jpg

alpha2.jpg

#25

wow, this is the second time this has happened to me, those icons really don’t indicate that they are buttons, i had that happen with one in the subtool master as well. good to know.

#26

Glad to know I was not the only one- still feel kind of dumb, but thank you :slight_smile:

#27

It should have been mentioned in the release info!

#28

Thanx PIXOLOCIG for these Awesome plugins… :wink:

#29

I’m sorry to bump such an old thread, but I’ve been using the plugin lately and I’ve been wondering…Is there a way to export the image sequence with the depth images embedded in the original images’ alpha channel instead of saving a whole set of separate images? It would be such a time saver.

#30

No, sadly not.

#31

Is there a quick workaround for it then? Here’s what I did, maybe someone has a more intelligent sollution:

  • Open both the rendered image and the zdepth pass.
  • Copy the zdepth image to the clipboard and close it.
  • Go to the render and execute an action that does the following:
    • Creates an alpha channel.
    • Pastes clipboard into it.
    • Selects RGB channel.
    • Executes Lens Blur filter with appropriate settings.
    • Saves image accordingly and closes.

It works but you have to open each pair one by one, so I don’t think there’s a way to batch process it so if anyone’s got a better solution, please share.