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1. Re: Additive transparency in Maya?

   

   Reply by pyromania · May 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   If you map the Out Alpha from the file node into a reverse node, then take the output from the reverse node into the Out Transparency of your material.

2. Re: Additive transparency in Maya?

   

   Reply by Conor · May 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   That's a nice trick - but it looks nothing like additive blend mode sorry. Anyone else want to give it a try? In max you just open the material editor, expand the extended paramaters and set the advanced transparency to 'Add'. Is there some equivilent flag buried somewhere in Maya?

3. Additive transparency in Maya?

   

   Topic by Conor · May 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   Can anyone tell me how to set a material to additive transparency in Maya? I want to create a muzzle flash using a texture that has no alpha channel - just a white/yellow/red/black flame gradient. The black part of the material should render as transparent and the other colors should add to the colors behind them, just…