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Layer Daz renders in Gimp

snowsnow77snowsnow77 Posts: 95
edited December 1969 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I have been trying to create a crowd scene by layering rendered Daz studio 4.7.0.12 scenes in Gimp, but I am missing a key step.
After rendering I save as PNG then copy with the Snipping tool and save to my desktop. I bring them into Gimp using '' open as layer''.
I've tried the '' merge visible layers'' but all the happens is one layer disappears. I understand how layers work, but I not sure how to make multiple layers come together as one image.Should I be saving them in a different format?

Please share any knowledge you may have on this.

Thanks

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  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    snowsnow77 said:
    After rendering I save as PNG then copy with the Snipping tool and save to my desktop. I bring them into Gimp using '' open as layer''.

    The "copy with snipping tool" step is, I think, not needed. Once you've got the render saved as a png, then you've got it with the alpha channel needed to layer it in GIMP. Try saving the render directly to your desktop (or wherever you're sure of finding it easily) and open that as a new layer in GIMP. I'm not sure, but I think the copy stage you're using might be wiping out the transparent alpha channel. As far as I can tell (my experience is with Photoshop and PaintShopPro, not GIMP) you're doing everything else right — although "flatten" might be a better choice than "merge visible layers", if GIMP has that particular menu option.
  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
    edited December 1969

    Yeah the snipping tool is not needed, just drag and drop your PNG renders in to Gimp.

  • snowsnow77snowsnow77 Posts: 95
    edited December 2014

    Please see image. Still not what I am looking for. Any thoughts on what's wrong now? They where standing next to each other, rendered one at a time.

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  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    That's after flattening the layers, right? Looks like you might have the layers in GIMP the wrong way round; what does the layer tool display look like before you flatten?

  • snowsnow77snowsnow77 Posts: 95
    edited December 1969

    Yes, this is after flattening. This is with the layers reversed.

    TEST_7.JPG
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  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    Just a guess, but do you have three layers (purple shirt, wall, green shirt) or two layers with the wall in both of them? There should only be one layer with the wall, and it must be at the bottom of the layer stack.

  • snowsnow77snowsnow77 Posts: 95
    edited December 1969

    Finally!. I believe I got , now I hope I can keep it !

    Thanks for your help SpottedKitty

    TEST_12.JPG
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  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    A good start to your crowd scene. Don't worry too much about glitching a bit to begin with, this can be a tricky concept to wrap your head around once you get beyond the basics. I don't actually do much layering in postwork, so I have to keep rediscovering/reinventing various techniques myself.

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