Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Transparencies AND Highlights? Yes, you can have both!

Kalypso opened this issue on Aug 08, 2003 ยท 16 posts


Kalypso posted Fri, 08 August 2003 at 8:58 PM Online Now! Site Admin

JVRenderer's post a few threads below prompted me to clear up another misconception about Poser 4. You can easily have highlights with transparencies as long as you modify your textures a little. So, "What's the secret?", you might ask. No biggie, actually I first learned about it about 2-3 years ago from the early Digital Love Doll site. It's been mentioned in a few threads since but people tend to forget. The important thing to remember is to make the areas that will be transparent black BUT not only on your trans map but also on your texture! Now, granted for hair it might be a bit more tricky but if you start out on a black background when painting your hair you're all set! In the attached image, the swimsuit on the left has an oval-shape cut out at the midriff and highlight on the whole material is way up to the light greys at about 90% - no artifacts, no shiny stomach :)