[Bubbaloo]

My question is, why even use the background if you plan on clipping it out?

[martgreg]

My question is, why even use the background if you plan on clipping it out?

well it is my belief that you get a better result a more realistic image when you render it with in a scene .. i may be wrong ...

the i can place this in a presentation...without a studio back drop...

is there a better way to do this ?

i would love to know any hints or tips you may have ...

[JTB]

DivShare File - alpha1.mov

This is THE tutorial for using alpha with PSP and Maxwell
It is not mine, I downloaded from the tutorial section I think...

[hyltom]

I wish there was an exclude from alpha check box for objects so that this could all be done in one rendering step.

I second that one... and even better, a multi channel alpha output (one channel per ID or material).
Have you written this in the wish section of the forum?

[JTB]

I wish there was an exclude from alpha check box for objects so that this could all be done in one rendering step.

I second that one... and even better, a multi channel alpha output (one channel per ID or material).
Have you written this in the wish section of the forum?

My God, my wishes are much more simple than this and they never come true!...
multi channel... per ID... material...???

All I wanted was 10-15 quad-cores!