I am trying to apply decals to metallic objects, but when I do so the decals seem to either take the properties of the metal or become transparent. Is there a way I can keep the opacity of my decals like I designed them? Also, if I use black, It seems to invert to white(not an anti-aliasing halo) on the surface of the metal. I will rephrase this question if it is not clear.

Chris, Here are are couple of sites that have tutorials on applying decals. hope they help. Carrara http://hammer.prohosting.com/~carrara/ Ray Dream http://www.bilagaana.com/tutorials/masks/masks.html

Thanks. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks to be exactly what I was looking for.

Keithw- Thanks for the link. I went to the raydream site and just gobbled up the tutorials. Great stuff!