After loading your chain link texture from the location, just click on Go to Parent button, it will bring you back to the place where you were before. Now, choose Bitmap from the list and load the chain link texture that we just created. Select a material slot and under Maps rollout (same under Blinn Basic Parameters rollout), click on the Diffuse Color button. Now, let’s use our maps in 3ds max so, first create a simple Plane geometry then open up the Material Editor (M). I am using PSD file format for my files but you can also use other image file formats like JPEG or TGA. Save your texture as chain_link_diffuse and the alpha as chain_link_alpha. Now, inverse the selection by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I on your keyboard and fill it with Black color. Now with the Alpha layer selected, fill your selection with White color.
Now, create a new layer and name it as Alpha or Opacity map. Our image has no background so it will select the image pixels only while the transparent pixels remain unselected. We have to select our chain link first so, Ctrl + click on the chain link layer’s thumbnail to select the image. In order to use this texture in 3ds max we should have it’s alpha image so let’s start with creating the alpha or opacity map of our chain link fence texture. To demonstrate how the Alpha maps work, I am using a seamless chain link fence texture (Learn more about tileable / seamless textures : Method 1, Method 2).
So, the above case clears that we should use those images in which Black should be 100% black and White should be 100% White, we can’t use gray shaded images (the “in-betweens” colors of Black and White) as our Alpha or Opacity maps. Here is a simple image showing the effects of two types of Alpha images and their results Game engines can’t handle too much polygons so let’s say if we have to create a tree for some real time stuff then instead of creating each and every leaf, we will use a leaf diffuse with it’s alpha map.
HOW TO OPEN FL STUDIO ALPHA MAX FILES HOW TO
In this tutorial, I am going to show how to use Alpha or Opacity maps within 3ds max.Īlpha or opacity maps are frequently used in games.
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