C.biz Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 hi to all and hopefully I'll find help here to keep using Affinity Photo as a pro. I work as a Motion Designer and 3D artist and rendered out some files with "Object Buffers" in Cinema 4D. I chose Photoshop (PSD) as the format to save the render and got for each "Object Buffer" a separate Alpha Channel (that I can use to make selections for example). But I cannot find the exported Alpha channels in Affinity Photo! I have discovered the "Channels" tab but the alpha-channels are not listed there ... or am I looking in the wrong place??!? BIG thanks in advance for pointing me the right direction! RaymondKn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Interesting, when I use psd export (not in C4D) the resulting file is broken down (reflection, diffuse, surface etc) into layers not channels. Are they not there as layers? They're coming in as expected for me EXCEPT, the blending modes on the layers aren't matching up. The layers that Pshop assigns Linear Dodge (ADD) are coming into AP as Screen. It makes a big difference. Other modes are okay: Difference=Difference Multiply=Multiply. I think I've read here somewhere something about Pshop Channels not being read by AP, but I can't seem to find the thread. ALTHOUGH... I just did a test render saving as a psd (not the psd export filter which, for me, doesn't include a straight alpha) and the Alpha came in fine in AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.biz Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 thanks @ JimmyJackfor the useful inputs! I tried out all possible combinations in saving a render to test if I get an alpha channel in Affinity Photo ... but no luck! in PSD i get them (check attached img). am I still to used to the PSD channel-panel that I don't understand the one in Affinity Photo?! or are the alpha channels not read/shown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 4, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi C.biz, Can you post a dropbox link or similar to the PSD file please? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.biz Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi C.biz, Can you post a dropbox link or similar to the PSD file please? Thanks. here we go -> download zipped psd file and BIG thx for looking into this!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 4, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks for the file C.biz. I'm not sure we already support channels in PSD's. I will check this out. There's also a few issues with the blend modes (Linear Dogde coming as screen in Designer/Photo). I will log these to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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