Am I a happy bunny or what! after giving it up as a bad job and just using it for the backgrounds in photoshop, I've found the trick to transparancy mapping in Vue 2 :) I didn't realise that you have to invert the transparancy map as well as flip it over - DOH! Here's a quickie that I just did with a little photoshop to brighten up the colours a bit. (It's the standard p4 horse with the wonderful black map from Daz and the chargers mane refitted to him.) Alla (a very, very happy vue user)

That's very cool, Alla-- really very nice picture here. Glad you figured out the trans mapping deal. I think it might be possible to do the same with the filters, as well, unless that's what you're talking about.

Thanks :) I didn't see anything about inverting the map in the filters, so I used photoshop, I'll have to take another look. Alla

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Alla, See this thread. -SMT

Thanks for the heads up - boy do I feel silly :-) I just spent ages earlier in photoshop filpping and inverting textures! Oh well better go and clear up my poor ole hard drive! Alla

Alla, on some of the trans maps, especially for hair, I have to go into PSP anyway and get rid of some of the grays in the map (especially along the hairline and at the ends of the hair) so that I won't wind up with funny see-through thingies. Darned if I know how to explain it, but you'll know it when it happens to you and that's when you'll go "Aha! So THAT'S what Kate was babbling about!" :)

I know all to well about the grey areas from when I use bryce Kate! They are a major pain, although I've found that adjusting the contrast usually helps, but you have to be careful as you can end up loosing some of the areas where there is supposes to be hair, all very well if you are going for the "going thing on top and proud of it look LOL but not so good for those pretty Possette and Vicky pictures :)