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Baking phone cord on a tube. What am I doing wrong ?
Hello, here is a high poly phone cord mesh I try to bake on a tube for the low poly. But no matter what I try I will always end up with artifacts, is anyone experienced with this and could provide so…
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Raphael_Bouch
May 2023
[WIP] Kato Island
A clan of cute anthropomorphic cats shipwrecked on a small island with the skeleton of a giant fish. You as a leader of the clan need to learn how to survive o…
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Nyaxa
Mar 2023
Different Materials for Alpha, Transparency, Emission
[{"insert":"I saw people separating uv islands that have alpha or transparency on them into a different texture set. And a new material is created for it.\nFor example: if there is a broken window ob…
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rexo12
Sep 2022
[3DS Max/Vray] Problem with alpha opacity PNG
[{"insert":"Hello! i would like to have some help please, i'm having an issue with a bitmap i made to only show the black text on it.\nI don't know why it's showing a dark background during the rende…
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zippper4
Sep 2022
Render Alpha of reflection....
[{"insert":"so i want to render an object and in front there is mirror. what i want is that alpha of that object on the reflected surface..eg suppose there is window and in side of that there is mirr…
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Eric Chadwick
Jun 2022
Zbrush: GrabDoc Alpha of Canvas 2.5D Lacks Depth
[{"insert":"I don't know how to solve this. I guess somehow even though I put a plane in the background, the depth of my Z plane is too much and its blacking out way before the furthest back pixol. …
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oXYnary
Apr 2022
Blender - Need help to understand alpha brushes and texture stretching
Hi all,I set up this mesh and applied Subdivision Surface to it about 4-6 times so I could use Multires modifier combined with cloth folds as an alpha texture brush which all worked well. Howeve…
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tommyscottart
Sep 2021
[Help] Can't bake a good alpha mask to low poly retain holes
Hi, got a real big problem when I tried to bake alpha mask for my cart model, mask looks weird : This is my high res and low res model: High : Low: (They are JUST HAVE A SINGLE SI…
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Lar
May 2021
Toolbag 4 transparency problem
In Toolbag 4 no matter which renderer I use I'm not getting any transparency in my renders, meaning the transparent material in the scene has no alpha. Ideally, I'd like to get the same transparency …
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fuadkarim
May 2021
How to render shadow with transparent ground (Matte shadows)
hey guys,As the title suggest - I'm looking to render a shadow without the plane. like a matte shadow in other 3d softwareI used the shadow catcher and tried all kind of passes in the ren…
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keren66
Feb 2021
Exporting height map from substance, to use as noise maker in Zbrush (Problem)
I'm trying to generate some height maps in substance designer and then exporting them for adding tileable height to sculpts in Zbrush. Sometimes using noisemaker, sometimes just using as alpha for a …
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Neox
Feb 2021
Importing your own alphas to marmoset toolbag 4
Hey there ! I have an extensive library of different alphas and whatnot. I would love to import to marmoset toolbag 4.This feels like such a basic feature that it MUST be implemented.. i just can't f…
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EarthQuake
Feb 2021
[FREE] 20 STYLISED WOOD Alpha Textures
FREE 20 Wood Alpha TexturesStylised very simple style,Clean,20 .PSD files,4k, 16 bit.FreeGRAB IT FOR FREEhttps://www.artstation.com/brainchild/storehttps://gumroad.com/brainchildplhttps://cdna.artsta…
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brainchildpl
Oct 2020
Blender Eevee - Shader transparency
Hi Guys, I am simply trying to get transparency blended into a plane but for some reason it is showing up with black where I want to blend the transparency. Any Ideas?Below showing black where I…
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lluc21
Aug 2020
Can someone help me fix a problem with alphas creating artifacts?
I made several custom alphas for Necron style glyphs in Illustrator.They work fairly well, but they keep leaving small artifacts (see pic):
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mechanicalhorizon
Jul 2020
Free Resources - Alpha textures, 3d models etc.
Check my gumroad page!99% of what I have on my gumroad page is free to download. Have fun!
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brainchildpl
Jun 2020
3d max opacity
I am using Max 2020! If you look at the attached picture, the blue leaf on the back is covered by the front It should not be visible, but, through, it is visible through, As if the alp…
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monster
Jun 2020
Marmoset Transparency Problem
Hey! I have a problem with the transparency in marmoset. When i try to put the glass of the arcade machine transparent with the alpha channel all the model goes transparent.
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WhiteDovah
Feb 2020
Alpha masking in Unreal Engine
Hey Guys, For CGI compositing and masking purposes, I was just wondering if I can select an object via the alpha channel
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Boulton12
Dec 2019
Using opacity masks with refraction on translucent materials.
Hi guys, new to these forums and relatively new to UE4 - I come in search of help if possible.I'm trying to create broken glass, the mesh is just a flat plane and I'm using an alpha to create the sha…
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SteveWeener
Dec 2019
Wrinkles inside Zbrush Alphas
Hello all, I am making some dice for 3d printing and am getting a weird issue in zbrush when looking at the inside of the numbers after adding them to the model as an Alpha. It almost looks like the …
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kanga
Nov 2019
Substance Painter Alpha in UE4 material.
Can't figure out how get painter alpha channel result in UE4 material.
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poopipe
Nov 2019
flower alpha texture
Hi guy's, I need to find some flowers/plants textures with transparent background for my project. Those textures are meant to be used in game assets for project, but i'm having really hard time findi…
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Eric Chadwick
Sep 2019
Help with floating shadows for alpha cards
I'm trying to render a scene where there are some props, a ground, and vegetation (opacity map added to Transparency: Cutout). However, the vegetation cards do not create shadows properly, and they a…
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daniellye
Aug 2019
Zbrush alpha size
Hey i created a brush but when i try to use it zbrush gets really slow and starts to lag i assume this is due my alpha size what is a proper image size for your alpha?
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Sunray
Dec 2015
Does Marmoset videos have alpha?
I am trying to do a video in marmoset where it is just a simple 360 turn around but I want to remove the background and replace it with a callout sheet. I wasn't sure if marmoset can do that.I know I…
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EarthQuake
Nov 2015
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