Object Question

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Ok, I made an object in photoshop and then converted it ot a PNG file after clicking it the preview looked good so I added object but when I change the appearance to what I made the image changed completly and looked like a box with black on one side and the other side was white with some colours...very confused with all of this so any help would be nice...
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Screenshot?

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The pic I made is lower left, pic it showed was above cursor...
Offworld Trading Company
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't use PS but I'll make a stab at it. Try checking your png format settings. You need to have transparency set to either an alpha channel or a layer. If you have it set to layer, change it to alpha and resave or vice-versa.
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...other file types work (not PNG) but then there is no trancparency and hence a white box, are there any other file types that would work?
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...I didnt save it as a png, i saved it as a psd then converted it to a png using 'SoildConverterGX'
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Oh I guess i should just give up, you win this round Mr.photoshop
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are there any other file types that would work?

targa (.tga)

i saved it as a psd then converted it to a png using 'SoildConverterGX'


As I said I don't use PS so I'm not much help but "SolidConverter" when you want a transparent item seems problematic (ie solid vs. transparent). I use Paintshop Pro and I "Export" or "SaveAs" PNG and I have settings under "Preferences" which effect how it's created. I would think PS would have something similiar.
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When i go to Export-->Paths to illustrator...
When i Save as- No png file available

I guess i need a better program to convert psd
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yay, i did it, i ended up using 'convert using wizard' rather than just 'convert to png'... well that was fun!!thanks anyways
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