Re: [Avid-L2] Matching Canvas Size to Image Size in Photoshop?

Hi John,

What about creating an Action that resizes the canvas for you?
Then it'd be just one click or button-push.

Also... (and please let me know if there's a downside to this) I
haven't manually created an Alpha in ages.
Any area that is transparent in PS will be transparent in Avid.
My workflow, generally, is to have one PS doc with all the layers in
an editable state and then to create another doc for import purposes
where FX are merged with the the separate layers; and if it's just a
one-layer creation, then I tend to save out as .png and import that
into Avid.

HTH,

B

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On May 11, 2010, at 2:05 AM, John Moore wrote:

> To create an alpha channel for a full frame image, like a page of a
> document, I have to increase the canvas size a little bigger than
> the image size to enable the ability to modify/contract the
> selection area by 1 pixel to avoid black edges when importing the
> matte key image. After contracting the alpha channel and filling it
> with white is there a quick way to resize the canvas to match the
> image size? I found a way to copy image and or canvas sizes from
> another open document but can't seem to find a way other than
> manually copying the size parameters. Anybody got a suggestion? I
> haven't had a problem with the enlarged canvas size but it seems
> messy.
>
> John Moore
>
> Barking Trout Productions
>
> Studio City, CA

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