Please Help! (2)

[user_deleted]

Hi all...

i have been working in after effects and combustion for some time now....and have recently moved onto shake as a comping tool!

i think the interface is great and the program seems easy to pick up...however i seem to be a bit perplexed about creating aplha channels in shake...? i have tryed numerous file formats from photoshop and still cant seem to keep my alpha channel. (even when i add an aplha channel in photoshop)

i know this is a noob querie but i cant seem to move forward in my comprehension of the program as far as file formats and file-ins are concerned! i know sewperate layers can be imported from photoshop (psd temps) in to other apps like AE and combustion...HOW IS THIS ACHIEVED IN SHAKE!

Much abliged for any help in this matter !!!

Regards a confused Graeme

[user_deleted]

you can import photoshop files through the import command but i dont recommend it because shake has some bugs with psd and the time to figure out why something doesnt work is better spent in exporting all the layers seperately in photoshop in the first place.

tiff and png work nicely, and they even support an alpha channel.
++ christoph ++

ps: you can of course also save your alpha as one channel png file seperately and then use it as a matte or a built in alpha with a switch matte or other tools.