texturing transparency problem
 

I've been following the simply maya sword texturing tut http://simplymaya.com/movie_pages/tu...html?tut_id=26 to get started on texturing my models.

However i'm having a problem when I apply the 'blank.tif' (provided with the tut) to the transparency on the lambert. In the tutorial it gives some transparancy to the lambert and 'blends' the textures. When I do it the lambert is set to fully transparent and disapears so none of the textures are visible.

This is driving me nuts!

Thanks in anticipation !!

Sorry to necro this thread but I'm having exactly the same problem and wondering if anyone has the answer as to what is wrong?