[MAX] Arch + Design & Alpha Maps
polycounter lvl 11
Hello there, wondering if someone can help.
Been trying to make a scene that involves a die, and for the purposes of looking nice, one of those fancy translucent affairs. Tweaking Arch + Design's solid glass template I've got the effect that I want, but the problem is adding the numbers. I want the numbers to be solid print, so non-reflective, and I was thinking of using an alpha map of the numbers to achieve this. No dice.
I tried using a composite layer type instead, but the light didn't filter through the dice, which was the entire point of me doing using the arch+design in the first place, so I'm pretty stumped as to how to get the effect I want.
Also whenever I try select a material in the material select box the cursor turns into an orbit symbol, and I can't click/drag materials any more. What hotkey/feature have I hit by accident?
Lucky
Been trying to make a scene that involves a die, and for the purposes of looking nice, one of those fancy translucent affairs. Tweaking Arch + Design's solid glass template I've got the effect that I want, but the problem is adding the numbers. I want the numbers to be solid print, so non-reflective, and I was thinking of using an alpha map of the numbers to achieve this. No dice.
I tried using a composite layer type instead, but the light didn't filter through the dice, which was the entire point of me doing using the arch+design in the first place, so I'm pretty stumped as to how to get the effect I want.
Also whenever I try select a material in the material select box the cursor turns into an orbit symbol, and I can't click/drag materials any more. What hotkey/feature have I hit by accident?
Lucky
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Create 2 materials. the Print and the glass. put them into the slots of a blend material and then use map to mask them
That has worked an absolute treat, thank you very much!