Transparency map doesn't make every white part transparent

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# 1 14-10-2015 , 09:14 AM

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Transparency map doesn't make every white part transparent

So im creating an earth in maya, but I can't seem to get the transparency texture for my clouds to work correctly, I have a cloud texture, I use it as a diffuse for the cloud sphere, I plug the same cloud file into a reverse node, then the reverse node to a luminance node, which I then plug into the transparency channel for that material. Should work fine, right. Nope. I'll provide a few images so you can fully understand my problem here. If I just use the cloud texture without any transparency all the clouds will be there, as it should be.

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# 2 14-10-2015 , 09:27 AM

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Realised that it would've been easier just to plug the file>reverse>refraction color. That worked. So confused why the guy in the tutorial wanted to do it that way (as it is on the image) ..

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