DAZ3D Transparency Diffuse Color

juzduit

Hi guys,

This may be an odd question , but i couldnt find the answer in the forum.
Whenever i open a new PNG file (with Transparency Channels) in other 3D Sofwares, it detects the texture as an object with a transparency background.

However, it is not the way in DAZ Studio. 
Is there a way to do this , without applying a Opacity Channel in DAZ everytime i open a new PNG (With transparency) ? 

 

 

 

mjc1016

Nope...you need to apply the mask of the map to the Opacity.

juzduit

Is there a quicker way to apply the mask. I notice other softwares like Keyshot also do not detect alpha maps in a PNG image, but in their case, applying an opacity map is seamless (drag texture to opacity channel). 

 

 

mjc1016

In Studio, no...because white is opaque/black transparent...grey is translucent...color is just flat out funky.

Richard Haseltine

 

mjc1016 said:

color is just flat out funky.

Colour masks block the colours independently - a red map will be opaque to red but not to green or blue. For example, to do stained glass use an inverted version of the diffuse colour for opacity.

mjc1016

Richard Haseltine said:

 

mjc1016 said:

color is just flat out funky.

Colour masks block the colours independently - a red map will be opaque to red but not to green or blue. For example, to do stained glass use an inverted version of the diffuse colour for opacity.

Yeah...but a very 'busy' color pattern gives results that remind one of the '60s...

mjc1016

I just looked through a bunch of X-frog trees...and they have 'inverted' alphas,  the opposite of what Studio needs.  Look through your texture folders, there may be something there already for what you are using.