Hdrider opened this issue on Aug 30, 2000 ยท 12 posts
Hdrider posted Wed, 30 August 2000 at 8:22 PM
Hello, I am trying to use transparent planes and image files for some background stuff in Vue3 to cut down on polygon count. Problem: The planes aren't completely transparent. I'm getting a faint blue fringe. Anyone know the cure for this or is it just the nature of the beast? Thanks, hdrider
No good deed goes unpunished ...
BirdyH posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 5:59 AM
Goto Atmosphere, Sky and Clouds, Sky tab, double click the color pane on top. now you can choose from a variety of colors for the sky plane. when rendering I can get a perfectly empty white sky. Hope this is the problem's solve. Harry
smallspace posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 2:39 PM
Global Transparency should be set to 100% Variable Transparency should be turned on. In your Transparency Map, make sure that all transparent areas are completely white. Fade Out should be set to 0% (totally clear) CAUTION: Vue cannot render more than 5 layers of transparency on top of one another. At the 6th layer, all you will get is the fade out color (blue by default) -SMT
I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!
smallspace posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 3:02 PM
I have noticed from time to time, a bug in Vue where one of the edges of a transparency mapped plane will show up as a very thin line when rendered. It doesn't happen all the time, and I'm not sure what causes it, but it can be very annoying as I have to get rid of it in post touch-up. -SMT
I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!
bloodsong posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 6:49 PM
heyas; vue 4 should eliminate the transparency limitations. special hush-hush preview notice at vue e-groups... http://www.egroups.com/message/vuedesprit/2609
smallspace posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 8:49 PM
...I Like it!!! Thanks for the tip off!
I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!
Sacred Rose posted Fri, 01 September 2000 at 12:22 AM
Birdy, smallspace, & bloodsong, thanks for the tips. :-)btw: Bloodsong....excellent preview. wooooohooo sounds like it could be pretty awesome. Sacred
Hdrider posted Fri, 01 September 2000 at 9:26 AM
Hello All, Well, I tried everyone's tips and am still getting the "blues". I'll put together an example of what I'm trying to do and post it. I think it isn't possible to do...yet...but we'll see. hdrider
No good deed goes unpunished ...
Hdrider posted Sat, 02 September 2000 at 6:31 PM
Here's a visual of what I'm working on. I've tried all the suggestions and they work fine with regular scenes but underwater is a different story. Any and all suggestions welcome. hdrider
No good deed goes unpunished ...
smallspace posted Sat, 02 September 2000 at 9:54 PM
I would need ALL the transparency settings for both the water and the plane. It's possibly a refraction problem.
I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!
bloodsong posted Sun, 03 September 2000 at 10:51 AM
heyas; dunno. here's a tip though: do NOT use a jpg for the trans map. they have a tendancy to make the blacks un-black, and mess up the flat areas of colour with those lossy thingies. use a 256-colour greyscale gif. (or tif... shoot, now i cant remember... vue doesn't do gifs, does it?) hmmm... it DOES look like a refraction problem. i can see the top darkening looks like the underside of the water wave things...
Hdrider posted Sun, 03 September 2000 at 11:56 AM
Hello All, Narrowed my problem down to (as was suggested) to the transparency refraction. I upped it to 1.30 and the "blues" went away. However, if I increase the highlight, it comes back. I'll try bloodsong's suggestion of using other types of images for the trans (been using jpeg). Again, thanks to everyone for the help. hdrider
No good deed goes unpunished ...