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Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons [message #29889 is a reply to message #29882]

Sun, 24 March 2002 20:59

Rick Towler
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Registered: August 1998

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Yes. In the simpler cases this is as easy as adding a 4th channel to your
texture map called an alpha channel. There are examples of this in the
"What's new in 5.5" docs and at David Fanning's website. If your polygon is
a billboard (plane) this all you'll probably need.

-Rick

"lyubo" <lzagorch@cs.wright.edu> wrote in message
news:a7ljs1$lfr$1@mercury.wright.edu...
> Is it possible to make a texture mapped polygon object partially
transparent
> so that it could be displayed over another texture mapped polygon?
> If anyone knows how to do that please let me know.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Lyubo
>
>
>

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		Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons By: David Fanning on Mon, 25 March 2002 17:16
		Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons By: Rick Towler on Mon, 25 March 2002 12:24
		Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons By: lyubo on Mon, 25 March 2002 10:15
		Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons By: Rick Towler on Sun, 24 March 2002 20:59
		Re: Transparent texture mapped polygons By: Karl Schultz on Tue, 26 March 2002 08:09

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