Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Texture help. Transparency question

FightingWolf opened this issue on Aug 09, 2017 ยท 5 posts


FightingWolf posted Wed, 09 August 2017 at 1:12 PM

I'm trying to apply a texture to a primitive shape where half of the primitive shape is visible and the other half has a 50% transparency. Is this done with transparency maps or is there another option that can be done in Poser Pro 11?

Thanks



-renapd- posted Wed, 09 August 2017 at 1:17 PM Site Admin

It's done with a transparency map. Half your trans map will be white.. the rest gradually going to dark grey up to the point of transparency that you wish.



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cschell posted Wed, 09 August 2017 at 1:30 PM

Yep, a transparency map would be the way to go... white is solidly visible and black is fully transparent/invisible and shades of grey give partial transparency, depending on how gradual you want the transition to be from visible to transparent. You'll want either full white/nearly black with the map slit 50/50, or a gradual fade from white to dark grey or black dependent on how transparent you want it to become and where...


FightingWolf posted Wed, 09 August 2017 at 2:28 PM

renapd posted at 2:12PM Wed, 09 August 2017 - #4311750

It's done with a transparency map. Half your trans map will be white.. the rest gradually going to dark grey up to the point of transparency that you wish.

Thanks I appreciate your help. Now all I need to do is create a thigh high sock texture and I think I'll be good to go. I'm 80% percent of the way to being really happy with creating textures for clothing. I must admit that it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I thought it would be a big pain to do, but I'm enjoying the little bit that I'm able to do.



FightingWolf posted Wed, 09 August 2017 at 2:35 PM

cschell posted at 2:31PM Wed, 09 August 2017 - #4311751

Yep, a transparency map would be the way to go... white is solidly visible and black is fully transparent/invisible and shades of grey give partial transparency, depending on how gradual you want the transition to be from visible to transparent. You'll want either full white/nearly black with the map slit 50/50, or a gradual fade from white to dark grey or black dependent on how transparent you want it to become and where...

Thanks.