Hi Guys. I'm struggling to have a transparency map act as an alpha map in Softimage. Im rendering grass on a grid with transparency active but when I pull it into After effects it still
renders the grid.
Thanks:)
Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
Hi this could be the fault of your RGBA components, take care about the Alpha part when you mix things...
Maybe it could be also a problem with your raytracing settings in the renderer
Or simply, try plugin your transparent image into a sprite node without touchning any parametters
http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... ets701.htm
also you can preview the alpha directly in the render region ;-)
Maybe it could be also a problem with your raytracing settings in the renderer
Or simply, try plugin your transparent image into a sprite node without touchning any parametters
http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... ets701.htm
also you can preview the alpha directly in the render region ;-)
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Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
A "quick Google", however, seems to reveal, the problem might just as well lie on the side of After Effects (which I don't use myself), as there are numerous entries concerning AE, alphas/transparency and PNG ("used" in the "same" sentence). Does your render show the correct alpha when pulled into some other image processing software (i.e. Photoshop, GIMP or the like)?
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Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
humm... since the screenshot shows an alpha, i think it's on xsi side.
BUT also, sadly, sometimes you get different result from the render region with mentalray and it's always related to the rgbA slider of your shader tree
BUT also, sadly, sometimes you get different result from the render region with mentalray and it's always related to the rgbA slider of your shader tree
Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
Ah Found it. Use Mia Material Shader and at the bottom tick "Propagate Alpha". It will add your transparency to the alpha channel.
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Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
True (which is easy to admit, now the OP has found the solution), but the reason I started to look elsewhere (i.e. "Googling" AE), is that I (sort of) know, often transparency issues seem to stem from the way Adobe interprets certain image files (and this is overlooked way too often, blaming it on the "other" software instead, when dealing with such files), requiring additional settings and such.NNois wrote:humm... since the screenshot shows an alpha, i think it's on xsi side.
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Re: Having an transparency map act as an alpha map
Thank You. Appreciate the help:)
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