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FKMaster
08-04-2004, 10:22 PM
there are 3 spheres: mars,clouds, athmos......2 spheres are with opacity-bitmaps and the opacity in the surface-panel of the athmo-sphere are on 0.5......but aplha is always wihte.... (i have mixed many bitmaps).......
how can i get the right alphachannel ?:shrug:
http://www.fkmaster.de/tests/mars_alpha.jpg

the rendertimes go from 5 minutes to 1 hour!:sad:.......800x600
http://www.fkmaster.de/tests/marstest1.JPG

after post.........

http://www.fkmaster.de/tests/marstest2.JPG

here's the test with animated opacity-map
animation 3mb (http://www.fkmaster.de/tests/mars_compos.avi)
lmilton
08-06-2004, 07:48 PM
Looks cool. It would be great if you could post a sample file so that we can see what's wrong and why you're getting such long render times.


-lyle
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