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mauriceng YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	Exporting in TIFF sequence May 31st, 2008, 12:27pm   How would I export a TIFF image sequence file that has an alpha channel? Also, what is the code to define it to stop at a particular frame? I wouldn't want to use noLoop. It would be great if the filenames are arranged in sequence, like "picture001 - picture999"

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Exporting in TIFF sequence Reply #1 - May 31st, 2008, 12:37pm   Code: if(frameCount<1000) saveFrame("picture###.tif"); That will sort out the numbering, and only saving a limited number of images problem. However I'm not sure if it's possible to save alpha information out.

Manic Full Member Offline Posts: 123	Re: Exporting in TIFF sequence Reply #2 - Jun 2nd, 2008, 11:45am   I've got a feeling that if you call all your drawing commands to an off screen buffer, you can save alpha from those.

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Exporting in TIFF sequence Reply #3 - Jun 2nd, 2008, 2:46pm   Manic wrote on Jun 2nd, 2008, 11:45am: I've got a feeling that if you call all your drawing commands to an off screen buffer, you can save alpha from those. yes, that's correct: http://processing.org/reference/createGraphics_.html