From: MLM Veraart (veraart++at++fel.tno.nl)
Date: 01/30/2003 12:32:58
There may be a difference between the Photoshop version and the Multigen version
of the plugin.
The Multigen Version asks if you want to use RLE.
The Photoshop version does not, haven't looked if it does by default.
If you want .rgba pictures with the Multigen plugin:
Save the image with 1, and only 1, alpha channel.
This will be the Alpha plane of the texture.
You can try it by loading an rgb with alpha plane.
Just type the image.rgba in the load box and it will load.
An image.rgb with alpha is also loaded correct.
Mario
Herbert Gartner wrote:
>
> you can find the photoshop-plugin on the install-cd in the goodies
> section (at least on the v7-cds)
>
> its available on the web too,
> http://members.tripod.com/sjagannathan/sgi_plugin/
> you can find sources and binaries there.
>
> on the share/free-ware side you can use XnView or ACDSee. beware that
> acdsee uses ".sgi" as extension by default and the photoshop-plugin and
> other tools are only looking for .rgb-files.
>
> herbert
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> DI Herbert Gartner | email: gartner++at++imagination.at
> imagination gmbh | phone: +43 1 20501 - 33 310
>
> Tomlinson, Gordon wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > Creator ships with a free plug-in for PhotoShop and Paint Shop pro
> > ( or any other program that can use this type)
> >
> >
> > Look in you Creator directory on the CD for
> > C:\Program Files\Multigen-Paradigm\Creator
> >
> > RGBFormat.8BI
> > PBMFormat.8BI
> >
> >
> > Just place these in your editor plug-in directory
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Gordon Tomlinson.
> >
> > Runtime Applications / Urban Products
> > Development Manager
> > MultiGen-Paradigm
> > (A Computer Associates Company)
> >
> > "Self defense is not a function of learning tricks but is a function of
> >
> > how quickly and intensely one can arouse one's instinct for survival"
> > - Master Tambo Tetsura
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steffen [mailto:sb123++at++gmx.de]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:42 AM
> > To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> > Subject: [info-performer] Tools under Windows
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After some experience with Inventor-API Coin3D I'm beginning with
> > Performer (Win32):
> >
> > What would be a good choice under Windows for modelling and especially
> > texturing?
> >
> > I have got MultiGen Creator 2.5 but problems with perfly/pfconv to load
> > the results. flt files may contain jpeg textures but loading that to
> > performer, probably doesn't work. I converted it to rgb(a) by the
> > Creator Texture-Editor-plugin, but that exports only SGI formats. => So
> > I'll have problems to reuse or manipulate this textures later by
> > other (under Windows common) tools.
> > Does anybody know a tool, that reads SGI rgb and rgba files and
> > can save it to png, bmp or ...
> >
> >
> > Steffen
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