davidhard Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 For some reason, Network Maxwell renders won't render with an embedded alpha channel. In FormZ, Under the Maxwell settings, I make sure that Alpha channel is checked and that is set to embed the channel when saving the image file. I make sure that the type of file that is being saved is a .TIFF file. Usually, If I'm just rendering on my local Mac, the image renders with the alpha channel embedded just fine. But when I render on the network using the Maxwell Network Monitor, it doesn't. I just get a flat image, with a black background, and no alpha channel. If I open the .mxi in Maxwell and try to save it as new image file, I get some weird miss matched ghosted image. (see screen grab). Any thoughts on why this happens and how I can get the alpha channel to render and be embedded in a rendering that is rendered on the network? Thanks D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hi David, If you can post a simple formz file that reproduces the issue, we will have a look and advise. It can be just some cubes with settings to reproduce the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhard Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nevermind. I figured out what was happening. The network rendering settings weren't matching the settings in FormZ. I assumed that they would transfer over to the Network render setup wizard. Most settings do show up in the wizard, But for whatever reason, the alpha channel defaults to a PNG file and not a TIFF file like I setup in FormZ. I changed it to a TIFF in the network render wizard and the alpha channel is embedded in the rendering. I don't understand why some settings would transfer over and others won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hi David, We are reproducing what you report, and will get this corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 David, This has been improved in Maxwell for formZ 3.1.1.3. Specifying TIFF for the image type in Render Options will now set all output channels to that type. http://forums.formz.com/index.php?/topic/2341-maxwell-beta-available-3113/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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