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Using the PSD Saver 08-May-02

A lot of people attending the LightWave Worldwide Training Tour have been asking about the Photoshop PSD saver in LightWave 7.5. Essentially, it saves out the buffers as discrete layers - but people aren't getting the results they want. Here's one way to use it...
Create an image with some reflections and specular highlights, and in the Image Filters section, apply the PSD Export Filter. Here's one way to use it - in the requester, click on the following buffers - Raw Color, Diffuse Shade, Specular Shade, Refl. Color. Click on Image Base Name, pick a location and give a file name. Do an F9 render - this will automatically save a .PSD. (Note that you don't need to have any save options selected in Render Options.)

Now, go to Photoshop, load the .PSD - the image looks like horrible death. No problem - we just need to adjust things. Look at the layers. The bottom layer is the full render. Above that is a black layer. Now, drag the layers in Photoshop so the layer above the black one is Diffuse Shading. Make the layer above that Raw Color AND (important!) change the blend mode of the Raw Color layer to Multiply. Better, eh? (All other layers should be Screen)Put Spec. Shading and Refl. Color above those and you have a close approximation of the final image - and you can tweak buffers with Photoshop's layer opacity controls.

Have fun!

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