Tree billboard problem

Maximum-Dev · Sep 2016

Hello,

When I render to texture in Max to create a billboard texture I have the problem that the masked parts of the material render black instead of showing what was behind it. In this case you can see the tree bark can't be seen behind the leaves through the masked areas.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

doolally66 · Sep 2016

If I'm not mistaken you'd need to add something to the opacity channel to say where you want see through. In this case you could just turn your rendered texture into a B&W version and use that

gnoop · Sep 2016

doolally66 said:

If I'm not mistaken you'd need to add something to the opacity channel to say where you want see through. In this case you could just turn your rendered texture into a B&W version and use that

That wouldn't work actually. Overlapping polys would still be wrong, show no transparency. At least from what I tried in Max couple years ago. Doubt something have changed.

Wonder what baker could do it right?

Eric Chadwick · Sep 2016

gnoop said:
Wonder what baker could do it right?

None of them.

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Texture_Baking#Transparency

gnoop · Sep 2016

Bet we wouldn't see it in Max/Maya till somebody ones do it for Cycles baking in Blender. I asked Autodesk for the feature decades ago, then just gave up.

Maximum-Dev · Sep 2016

Thanks for the replies.

Tree billboard problem

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