Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Importing PSD or Tiff with alpha ... They look awful

why on earth go trough all this trouble?
A layer that has text on transparancy does not need an alpha. Just create a
PNG and you get your alpha (straight alpha) for free.
And if you have multiple layers, go to ImageReady and export all layers as
PNG in one step.

sheesh, this works fine for about 10 years now...

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----- Original Message -----
From: "chlowden" <christopher@fearlesstv.com>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Importing PSD or Tiff with alpha ... They look awful

Many thanks to you all.
I have been playing around with loads of different combinations and I have
found this.

1. Importing psd files with layers looks like sh...t. Only useful when one
is in a hurry.

2. For the best results, I used the HDTV 1920x1080 72 dpi frame in
Photoshop, flattened each layer, created an alpha channel using the quick
mask tool and exported out each layer as a tiff or png file. In SD, the
export looked awful.

This is extremely laborious because any letter with a hole in it i.e. O,A,D,
etc has to clicked by hand.

But even after all this, the matte is still rough when you zoom into it.

I also did the same thing with illustrator thinking I would have a better
matte, but it was not perfect.

My primary problem is that on a TV monitor, it looks alright, but on a
computer screen, it looks rough as guts and now, so much is viewed on a
computer.

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