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No Alpha
My turn to call in with a question for once.
With regards to the MISSS_fast Skin shader, I cant get an Alpha
channel from the object its applied on, have you any idea why this could be?
The object IS on a render layer...
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Jay
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19-01-2007
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Think that was the solve to my mental ray alpha woes.
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Steve
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try attaching the output from the fast skin to the colour input of another shader and attaching the new shader to the surface. You will need to tinker with the values to make the shader look the same as the original but it's worth a shot and you will get an alpha.
Later,
Mat.
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20-01-2007
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Many thanks for this.
HappyMat: Many thanks but I had to go with gster's way it was the actul solution to my problem.
Steve: top job geezer!! I owe YOU one now
Best
Jay
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it would probably pay to read other sollutions before I put in my own two cents!!
Cheers Steve, never knew that was available.
Later,
Mat.
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I remembered it from a post on here a long, long, long time ago so I cant take all the credit for it. Its seems a strange work round for an alpha if you ask me but hey there you go!
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Steve
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