Hair Alpha problems Maya 2012

4leaf

I am a total noob. This is my first time attempting polygon hair.

I'm using this Varga hair tutorial

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/lowpolyHair/


-I painted an alpha channel in photoshop for my hair

-saved it as a targa

-Opened Maya 2012

-Created a flat plain

-Assigned my .tga to the flat plain.....



Where is my alpha? It's not showing up. I deeply appologize for my ignorance in advance. I have frustrated myself with searching google all morning for tutorials on the subject. I can't seem to get my question answered however.

Thanks in advance!