Image on plane with transparency

Tripl3M

I have a photo of a feather and a plane .. how do i apply the photo as a texture to the plane and add transparency ?

Joost

what software are you using? Your question is pretty vague. You need an alpha mask which is just a greyscale mask where white is shown and black is invisible. For a feather you'll want to use alpha blend so it should have different gradations of grey.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Transparency_map

Tripl3M

Im using zbrush and photoshop

Joost

what software are you rendering in? Zbrush?

this is probably what you'll want your alpha map to look like http://preview.turbosquid.com/Preview/2014/08/01__15_41_30/feather3.jpg402af2b8-b4c2-41a7-ab8f-5e7f7c8104b4Original.jpg

Tripl3M

Marmoset toolbag 2 .... alright so should I match that feather with the plane's uvs and then make a black and white version using photo shop and use it as a transparency map ?

Joost

Yeah that's basically it. Though if you want to optimise it you'd probably want to add a bit of geo to minimise overdraw.

also use dither transparency in marmoset

This
http://www.abload.de/img/treeleavesuvs001yasc8.jpg

instead of this
http://www.rigsofrods.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=176887&d=1295837477