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  • Rich Hart February 9, 2011 at 6:14am
    My Photoshop CS lets me save transparent PNGs by clicking on "Help/Export Transparent Image...", but maybe they moved it in CS3.
  • Christopher Alan Krupp February 9, 2011 at 4:07am

    Thanks Rich:

    I guess I may have missed something originally. When I clicked on the leaf in RpTree, it took me to a blank folder where the leaves were supposed to be. Anyway, I got to the proper folder thanks to Al's help. Now when I click on the leaf it goes right to the proper folder.

     

    Now I'm trying to do some other leaves (based on those available in Rp) to make differing colored leaves. Got a red one so far but I'm having difficulty getting a true transparent .png file through Adobe Fireworks. It claims the exported file from Fireworks is transparent but the background around the leaf stays white (not that checkerboard background in a true transparent image file) and shows up in the rendered tree image.

     

    Any thoughts on what program to use to get the right .png file? The CS3 version of Ps I have doesn't seem to have the .png option either. Maybe you guys know if it does and where it is located and how to use it.

     

    Chris



    Richcat said:

    Hi Chris

    There is the free version for sketchup that you refer to (for those without Irendernxt) I believe it is not as up to date (2009) and does not have as many options and then there is the one that comes in IRendernxt (under Create plant component) that has more options like flowers, fruit etc.

    Sorry if you know this - but to get to the differnent leaf options click the leaf image and this should open the leaf folder to choose your option-  ie  where you saved the png file to or you can browse to what ever you want - just as with the bark, flowers and fruit.

    Edited The complex option is new to me, boy that looks complex

     

    Rich C

  • Richcat February 7, 2011 at 12:26pm

    Hi Chris

    There is the free version for sketchup that you refer to (for those without Irendernxt) I believe it is not as up to date (2009) and does not have as many options and then there is the one that comes in IRendernxt (under Create plant component) that has more options like flowers, fruit etc.

    Sorry if you know this - but to get to the differnent leaf options click the leaf image and this should open the leaf folder to choose your option-  ie  where you saved the png file to or you can browse to what ever you want - just as with the bark, flowers and fruit.

    Edited The complex option is new to me, boy that looks complex

     

    Rich C

  • Christopher Alan Krupp February 7, 2011 at 11:37am

    Hey Al:

     

    I went to SketchUp to use RpTree Maker and find that only one leaf option is available on my office PC, yet at home on my Laptop there are several options. I just downloaded the latest RpTree Free onto my PC and nothing has changed.

    Is there a version that's not a "free" one that provides more options???? Can't figure this out.

    Also, when I change a leaf color and save it I assume it needs to go in the "leaves" folder as well. I've done that and still no options other than the standard leaf. Will the changed leaves stored in the folder show up in the TreeMaker dialog box?

     

    Let me know how to straighten this out

     

    Thanks,

     

    Chris

  • Render Plus January 31, 2011 at 6:10pm

    When I use "paint" it does not do transparency.

     

    I use "snagit" because it is so great from grabbing images from the screen for documentation or posting here on the forum. And it does to transparency.

     

    Photoshop would work great.

     

     

     

    Christopher Alan Krupp said:

    Al:

     

    What "paint" program do you use or what others are there? Does Photoshop suffice?

     

    Chris

  • Christopher Alan Krupp January 31, 2011 at 10:43am

    Al:

     

    What "paint" program do you use or what others are there? Does Photoshop suffice?

     

    Chris

  • Render Plus January 31, 2011 at 7:40am

    To change color, you can take the raster images for the leaves or bark, change the color, and save them with a new name. (You need a paint program which can save alpha-transparent .png files)

    The existing leaves are stored in:

    C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\RpTreeMaker\Support\Plants

    in a Bark and a Leaves sub-folder.

    Here I took the standard leaf, made it yellow, saved it as a new leaf, and used it to render the tree.

    Image:Yellow-leaf.jpg

     

     


    Christopher Alan Krupp said:

    Al:

    Explain how to change the leaf color????

  • Christopher Alan Krupp January 31, 2011 at 7:35am

    Al:

    Explain how to change the leaf color????

  • Render Plus January 31, 2011 at 7:33am

    Wouldn't it be easier to just simply make a few different color leaves available in the leaves selection area? Bark color and all that is not an issue. I'd say if you could do some reds, pink, and autumn colors for leaves it would easily suffice.

    If you could do everything about seasons just with leaves, then that would be a nice solution. You would need about 6 seasons, not just 4, and you would need leaves, buds and flowers. I suspect that Roy is not inclined to add that the the tree generator. Especially when there is an existing solution - that you create 2 to 6 versions of each plant. You can tak a plant, save it, change the leaf, and save it again with a new name.

     

  • Christopher Alan Krupp January 31, 2011 at 7:14am

    Wouldn't it be easier to just simply make a few different color leaves available in the leaves selection area? Bark color and all that is not an issue. I'd say if you could do some reds, pink, and autumn colors for leaves it would easily suffice.

    I'd be happy if I could just produce a library of spring and fall trees with different leave colors it would work quite well. Don't see a need to be able to substitute one tree for another. I'd simply put different season trees on different layers with-in sketchup and turn the layers off and on as I need them.

     

    Chris

     

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