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Captain_D
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TVPaint PNG is NOT transparent when I open in Photoshop. What gives?

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Hello-

New to TVPaint. I'm trying to plug it into a workflow that is primarily adobe based- compositing happens in AfterEffects. Eventually, I'd like to have TVPaint completely replace my use of Photoshop- but we're not there just yet- so I'm trying to export a PNG sequence from TVPaint to open in Photoshop to work on.

Except- when I open the PNG sequence that has been exported as PNG in RGBA Mode, Alpha as No PreMult. & background checked OFF, the PNG sequence is NOT transparent when opened in Photoshop.

What am I doing wrong here? Why aren't these PNGs transparent in the other program? Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I really really reallllyyyyy want TVPaint to be the program of my dreams so that I never have to open Photoshop again.

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• What is your OS and its version : Mac OSX Monterey 12.6

• What is your OS architecture: M1 16GB RAM

• What is your software version: TVPaint 11.5 Pro

• Pro?

• For the Professional Edition : No idea what this even means

• What is your Wacom (or other brand) Tablet and drivers version: Wacom intuos Pro S- Drivers up to date
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D.T. Nethery
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Re: TVPaint PNG is NOT transparent when I open in Photoshop. What gives?

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In your screenshot the image shows in the export window with a white background. If it has a white background then it's not a transparent image.

When you export in RGBA mode and there is no background then it should look like this, with just a checkerboard pattern visible behind the image.

Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.06.19 PM.png

Here are my export settings -
Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.10.19 PM.png
Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.10.19 PM.png (68.59 KiB) Viewed 1981 times
Here is how this image appears when I open it in Photoshop:
Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.15.17 PM.png

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Captain_D
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Re: TVPaint PNG is NOT transparent when I open in Photoshop. What gives?

Post by Captain_D »

D.T. Nethery wrote: 23 Nov 2022, 00:06 In your screenshot the image shows in the export window with a white background. If it has a white background then it's not a transparent image.

When you export in RGBA mode and there is no background then it should look like this, with just a checkerboard pattern visible behind the image.


Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.06.19 PM.png


Here are my export settings -

Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.10.19 PM.png

Here is how this image appears when I open it in Photoshop:

Screen Shot 2022-11-22 at 7.15.17 PM.png
TY- I'm an id**t. Upon further review- someone didn't export with alpha long ago.
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