A Resource for Studio Artist Users
Since there seems to be a lot of interest in using Alpha Channels, Alpha Tricks Group is intended to be a collection of posts and discussions on using Alphas in Studio Artist.
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I just would like to know how to "export or save as" an image with an alpha channel or clipping path, so I can bring it into another program and have the background be transparent. The source image…Continue
Started by Heather. Last reply by Heather Feb 15.
First, I'm baaaaaack! :+))) (Many thanks to John for getting me up to speed with 4.04, among all the other awesome things John does!)Oh, man, I forgot how much I love this software!And it's…Continue
Started by Michael Strickland. Last reply by John Dalton Synthetik Software Mar 15, 2012.
There are 2 different approaches to processing movies in Studio Artist. The most conventional approach is to work with a Quicktime movie file as a source, and output to a processed movie file. using…Continue
Started by John Dalton Synthetik Software. Last reply by Michael OBannon Feb 19, 2012.
As a new SA user, I've struggled with the difference between Alpha, Mask, and Selection in SA. I'm sure these concepts are old-hat to all the seasoned users here, but as implemented by SA, they are…Continue
Started by Michael Strickland. Last reply by John Dalton Synthetik Software Feb 3, 2011.
Comment by liveart on February 3, 2011 at 1:11pm I am not an Alpha master. I did however use a pretty neat trick in my latest vid. If you watch you will notice a very subtle texture to the "background." Here is how I accomplished this effect:
1) set selection to smart source contrast
2) translate warp the selection in increments so that you get a patterned effect
3) use the Geodesic Warper with "melt" effect variation on the selection to feather it..usually 2 hits
3) reset the Geo Warper with the effect set to Random orient melt
your mask should now look something like this:
now you can do all sorts of things to add a very subtle texture. One is to use the fixed color to add an "overlay" of a color masked by the selection. Another is to use the gradient lighting with the mask. Experiment and let me know what you discover.
Comment by Victor Ingrassia on February 10, 2011 at 7:16am Comment
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