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  • CS4 Starting documents with transparency as alpha

    Posted by Matt Jackson on July 24, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    Hello,

    When I first started using PS, all my documents used the transparency as the alpha channel. What I exported to .tga or .png was what I saw in PS.

    Now for some reason, there is no alpha in my new docs and creating it is a bit confusing and difficult (not to mention time wasting).

    Is there anyway to get PS back to the way I am used to? I think it must have been the default behavior that I messed up.

    thanks,
    Matt

    Richard Harrington replied 16 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Scott Roberts

    August 20, 2010 at 7:59 am

    When you start a new document, select transparent for background.

    https://www.youtube.com/graphicsdump
    https://www.myr3d.com

  • Matt Jackson

    August 20, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Yeah I obviously I tired that first, but it does not solve the problem.

  • Richard Harrington

    August 20, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    LOad Video Actions in the Actions panel

    Map the Alpha channel action to a F key

    Save as a TIFF with transparency (layered file)

    See COW podcast on this

    Richard M. Harrington, PMP

    Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques

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