Future Tech Brushes and other Graphics

Warcat

I am trying to use the Future Tech Brushes to create a glass type display. I have created a graphic in GIMP for instance that is like the image on the right, However, when I try to render I get something like the image on the left. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm using a plane primitive and applying it.

Thanks you!

scorpio

Try using a jpg rather than a png.

Warcat

No dice. That actually IS a jpg. I've tried JPG and PNG. One of my goals is to 'paint' it on the glass of a helmet visor.

mjc1016

Create two maps.

This image is a diffuse map and a transparency map. This is for DS 4.5 but would work in any version of DS.

The diffuse is the brushes on a 512 square white background in the color I wanted. Then the transparency was that map, desaturated and inverted so the white became black.

Then the diffuse map was plugged into the Diffuse and Ambient color. The Transparency map was plugged into the Opacity and the Ambient Strength. Set the values for both Opacity and Ambient Strength to 100% and let the maps control the intensities.

jestmart

You may need to make an Ambient map also. Take the image you have, convert to grayscale, may want to play with lightness and contrast then convert to negative.

mjc1016

jestmart said:

You may need to make an Ambient map also. Take the image you have, convert to grayscale, may want to play with lightness and contrast then convert to negative.

The transparency map doubles quite nicely as the control map for the Ambient strength...the black is off, white full on and any grey will vary the strength. Transparency maps don't have to be black and white...the grey controls the strength, with 128 128 128 being the equivalent as setting Opacity to 50% without a map.