Export png without background

[sergios79957435]

There is a way to do an export from the substance Stage without a background. I know we can choose between psd and png but still png comes with viewport background. Is there a trick that I don't know about to export only the shape (light, shadow, textures...) ?

Thanks.

[Ares Hovhannesyan · Accepted solution]

As I am aware no. PSD is the only way. Sometime I use Adobe Painter for transparent background. You can open your file in Painter after exporting from Stager.  

[sergios79957435]

Hey, nice. I'm really going to try this. Thank you very much.

[sergios79957435]

Hey good news. To all mortals like me who want to export their 3D creations from substance stager without a background color it is possible! For this you need to export as PSD and not use a model as a color base. Just use a color as a background and that background will appear as a layer in Photoshop. You can delete or edit the color of this background. From there you can export a png with or without background color. Yessss!

[AlanGilbertson]

Even if you use an image background, it is still rendered out as a separate layer in the PSD and can be deleted or edited just like the default color background.

[sergios79957435]

Yes exactly! When I said background can be *a color or an image*. The fact
is that using the background option is not the only way to create a scene. We
can use a *physical backdrop *for example built in Stager or imported from
Illustrator. In that case when the "physical background" is not editable in
photoshop with a layer. It becomes part of the image. Voila!

[skilled_Coconut5FFC]

Thanks for that!  It was driving me nuts that the png wouldn't provide a transparent background.  Made my day!!!

[Sergey_Nedodaew8568]

save the render in .tga format

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

Unfortunately in Stager user can export render only as PNG or PSD file, nor any other format available.