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# 1 10-08-2010 , 12:47 AM
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Animating transparency in a particular direction

Anyone know how?
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# 2 10-08-2010 , 06:18 AM
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use a black and white ramp

# 3 10-08-2010 , 04:07 PM
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In the transparency map node?

# 4 11-08-2010 , 12:36 AM
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something about facing ratio too

what do you mean by 'in a particular direction', that could means lots of things

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# 5 11-08-2010 , 11:52 AM
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Like from left to right on a cylinder. Like a lightsaber switching on.


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# 6 11-08-2010 , 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by Buster Sword
In the transparency map node?

yeah plug the ramp into the transparency and key the set position.

# 7 11-08-2010 , 03:31 PM
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Originally posted by hammer.horror
yeah plug the ramp into the transparency and key the set position.

Nothing happens, when I mess around with the ramp and render it shows the flow of transparency. But in the actual scene nothing happens, nor does anything happen in a playblast.


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# 8 12-08-2010 , 10:17 AM
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Originally posted by Buster Sword
when I mess around with the ramp and render it shows the flow of transparency.

umm... so it works then.


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# 9 12-08-2010 , 12:23 PM
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Originally posted by hammer.horror
umm... so it works then.




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Only when rendered and not in the actual scene though.

# 10 12-08-2010 , 04:18 PM
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Some things will only show up (or be transparent) in the render, but I'm not sure if this is one of those situations. Have you tried hitting 6 and 7 to see if the texture/lighting helps?

# 11 12-08-2010 , 05:12 PM
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I don't think Maya likes to display transparency if done through a gradient, or any other type of texture, in the viewports.

As long as it works in the render you don't have anything to worry about..

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# 12 12-08-2010 , 09:22 PM
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i'm pretty sure there is a setting somewhere that you can enable the alpha in hardware texturing, which makes it show up in the viewports
i just dont remember where such setting is.
i think i saw it on the gnomonology eyeball tutorial how you do it




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