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Photo Renderings don't save an alpha channel

fuzzytnth3
Booster
Am I right in saying that when you generate a photo rendering in AC 9 that there isn't an option to save the background as an aplha channel?

This is something Strata 3d CX does which saves a bit of time when montaging into a site photo and I suspect I'm trying to endow AC 9 with abilities it doesn't have as a result of using Strata quite a bit

tia
AC versions 3.41 to 25 (UKI Full 5005).
Using AC25 5005 UKI FULL
Mac OSX 10.15.7 (19G2021) Mac Pro-2013 32gbRam AMD FirePro D500 3072 MB graphics
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator Emeritus
fuzzytnth3 wrote:
Am I right in saying that when you generate a photo rendering in AC 9 that there isn't an option to save the background as an aplha channel?
Hmm. I think you may have come across a bug.

There is a check mark for both the Internal and LW engines to use alpha channel for transparency for the background image.

But: with the internal engine in 9.0, if I check this box, then my model is not rendered ... I only get the background (and no alpha).

With LW, and this box checked, the result is the same as if the box is unchecked.

Anyone?

Karl
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Dwight
Newcomer
I notice this, too.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
Not applicable
Same with AC 8.1.
Try AC 6.5 - it worked then...