I did a quick and very dirty test - in my eyes it is possible.

I took an object into UVMapper, made a screenshot of the image there and used this screenshot for transparency in Vue.

I should of course make the contrast stronger for the trans map in Photoshop and maybe the lines thicker. But that is tweaking, the principle works (in my eyes).

The screenshot thing you of course can do on Mac too - cmd-shift-3 is the command for screenshot. Or cmd-shift-4 when you want to define the area you want to get.

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.