Comments on: first how-to for NV FDM available now! http://nvfreedigitalmason.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/first-how-to-for-nv-fdm-available-now/ A Nottington Village Guild Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Oya Kali http://nvfreedigitalmason.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/first-how-to-for-nv-fdm-available-now/#comment-22 Oya Kali Wed, 14 May 2008 03:10:34 +0000 http://nvfreedigitalmason.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-22 A note about this process: I discovered you can Save images in Google Sketchup with a transparent background and in a png format. This cuts out the entire need for Photoshop! I have not perfected the art of Saving Transparent PNG with a crop, so I still PREVIEWed the images and then Cropped them before uploading to MML. Saving SketchUp rotations as Transparent PNGs really allows you to perfect the angle and scale because it's so much faster to create your image files! In Google SketchUp, go to: File -> Export -> 2D Graphic. Select 'Format' png. Select 'options' -> check 'transparent background'. Ta da! Anyone with insight about Angle, Scale, Rotation or Save to Crop in Google SketchUp please post tips! A note about this process:

I discovered you can Save images in Google Sketchup with a transparent background and in a png format. This cuts out the entire need for Photoshop!

I have not perfected the art of Saving Transparent PNG with a crop, so I still PREVIEWed the images and then Cropped them before uploading to MML. Saving SketchUp rotations as Transparent PNGs really allows you to perfect the angle and scale because it’s so much faster to create your image files!

In Google SketchUp, go to: File -> Export -> 2D Graphic. Select ‘Format’ png. Select ‘options’ -> check ‘transparent background’.

Ta da! Anyone with insight about Angle, Scale, Rotation or Save to Crop in Google SketchUp please post tips!

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