Image output with thin white lines (bitmaps).
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Image output with thin white lines (bitmaps).
I have seen some threads about white lines in accordance with vector graphics. My problem is different: we use bitmap images, which are rendered with thin lines around. This is a problem when image parts are inserted into others. Look at the example where the boundary of the cheeks are visible. Inside AS, you don't see anything, but you see the boundaries in the rendered output. Of course the lines are not present in the source images. I tried rendering without the premultiply option, which makes no difference.
@ slowtiger: sorry, forgot to response. You can see the finished animation in ZDF Siebenstein (I can't provide a screening date at present) and on our FILM BILDER website when ready. I'll post a link later.
The problem with the white halo appears when the png is not alisased. I tried to blur the edges slightly which somehow makes it better, but now instead of a thin white line there is a blurry darker zone where the parts overlap.
So there are only two options I am aware of:
1) masking as described in the thread. This can turn out difficult because I'll have to put the cheek layer in a masked group which will result in a static, non-warping layer.
2) integrate vector parts. I made the cheeks as vectors with a light vector noise. This turned out to be the best solution.
However, transparency handling in AS could be... better.
The problem with the white halo appears when the png is not alisased. I tried to blur the edges slightly which somehow makes it better, but now instead of a thin white line there is a blurry darker zone where the parts overlap.
So there are only two options I am aware of:
1) masking as described in the thread. This can turn out difficult because I'll have to put the cheek layer in a masked group which will result in a static, non-warping layer.
2) integrate vector parts. I made the cheeks as vectors with a light vector noise. This turned out to be the best solution.
However, transparency handling in AS could be... better.
You could incorporate masking into just one layer. No need for the nested layer. Then the bone warping works as it should.So there are only two options I am aware of:
1) masking as described in the thread. This can turn out difficult because I'll have to put the cheek layer in a masked group which will result in a static, non-warping layer.
Set all the other layers that shouldn't be masked to "Do not mask this layer". Set the group masking to "Hide all". Set each cheek mask to "Clear the mask and add this layer". What that does is allow for "multiple masks" that don't effect the one above it. Each cheek has it's own mask based on the layer order.
This would eliminate the edge problem (if you don't set "antialiase" in the render export animation settings OR fill the mask shapes with the same color as the "cheek".). Use the images you have and use the vector masking in AS.
-vern
