How to bake textures with alphas on an object in 3ds max?

gauravcg · Nov 2016

Hey guys,

I am kinda working on something and I need help with it.
So what I'm trying to do is bake transparent alpha planes on another plane, but it doesn't give the result I want.
The alphas are not baking correctly...

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/rc/mg0hwy0awy23.png

I hope its clear what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.

huffer · Nov 2016

It looks like it's ignoring the alpha on the source meshes - are you baking a CompleteMap?

gauravcg · Nov 2016

huffer said:

It looks like it's ignoring the alpha on the source meshes - are you baking a CompleteMap?

I am baking a diffuse map. Baking isnt reading the alphas properly, it comes out proper if I render it.

Eric Chadwick · Nov 2016

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

gauravcg · Nov 2016

Eric Chadwick said:

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

I did that, but I feel my diffuse has some light information in the bake.
Can't share the real stuff coz I'm not allowed to share it.

Any ways to eliminate max lighting completely or to bake just the flat diffuse?

Eric Chadwick · Nov 2016

Use a material that has no lighting information.

Or use Render Elements.

How to bake textures with alphas on an object in 3ds max?

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