PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

Lango's picture

G'day all

I just upgraded my computer to Snow Leopard and now my PNGs with transparency only appear as black squares.

I have attached a quartz file with a png embedded (I also included the image in case it didn't embed) and I have added a screen shot of what I see.

I must be missing something here, but I can' see what it is.

Any help would be grand

Cheers

Lango

itsthejayj's picture
Re: PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

Your composition works fine on my system ... I believe you need to upgrade your kineme gl tools plug to the latest version.

cybero's picture
Re: PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

See attached png in SL.

Check you have the latest GLTools, the absence of this latest plugin and its older brother [earlier version] being still in use has been known to cause real graphical difficulties.

Search the Forum list for fairly recent , post SL posts precisely about this and other SL related matters, Lango and you'll be a happy bunny again :-), boom, boom.

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Lango's picture
Re: PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

Thanks for that. I'll try it again when i get home. Upgrading the kineme plugin didn't occur to me as I wasn't using any of the kineme patches.

cybero's picture
Re: PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

You should check in both your home folder and the main Library/Graphics folder for hidden items

Lango's picture
Re: PNG alpha channel doesn't work in Snow Leopard

Hey everyone, i removed the Kineme GL Tools plugin and everything is working again. Thanks for that

I will be adding the plugin back in, but i don't need it for this project (yet).

Thanks again.