Trade Secrets-Creating Transparency

#2 Cutting holes with Maps

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For Transparency maps, use a Picture with an alpha channel. The RGB channels will be black &white or gray, the alpha channel will be the outline of the area to applied as the map.

Note:This picture is normally stored in the Presenter Plug-ins folder with the other pictures.

RGB Channel of the Transparency Map

Alpha Channel of the Transparency Map

Object Attributes:

Drag your Transparency map into the mapping line of the Object attributes.

Mapping Properties:

Set your properties so that map is fixed on the object the way you want it.

Map Settings:

Use the settings shown in the Diagram.

To get Partial transparency, use a gray instead of black on the areas to be transparent ( the closer to black, the more transparent the object will be).

Final: A simple sphere with holes cut out.

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For Transparency maps, use a Picture with an alpha channel. The RGB channels will be black &white or gray, the alpha channel will be the outline of the area to applied as the map. Note:This picture is normally stored in the Presenter Plug-ins folder with the other pictures.
	RGB Channel of the Transparency Map	Alpha Channel of the Transparency Map

Object Attributes: Drag your Transparency map into the mapping line of the Object attributes.	Mapping Properties: Set your properties so that map is fixed on the object the way you want it.	Map Settings: Use the settings shown in the Diagram. To get Partial transparency, use a gray instead of black on the areas to be transparent ( the closer to black, the more transparent the object will be).

	Final: A simple sphere with holes cut out.