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Can Unity take a screen shot with transparent background?

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by jarden, Nov 13, 2013.

  1. jarden

    jarden

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    Hi, I would like to set up unity to take screenshots with a transparent background if possible. I tried setting the alpha slider to max on the camera and scripted screenshots, but they weren't transparent. I think maybe I'll have to make a hot pink background and use a image editor program unless someone knows a way. :confused:
     
    jarden, Nov 13, 2013
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  2. angrypenguin

    angrypenguin

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    I think that having the alpha at max may have been the issue. Transparent alpha is 0, not 1. I've definitely taken transparent screenies before, and I'm pretty sure I did nothing special to achieve it.
     
    angrypenguin, Nov 13, 2013
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  3. jarden

    jarden

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    I found that either max or min alpha didn't help me, but when I checked the alpha from grayscale on the images, I pretty much got what I wanted. Anyone know if there's a better way, because I'm slightly worried that it will take out black/gray from my images. Should I use the pink method from above?
     
    jarden, Nov 13, 2013
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