Opacity Woes

[dandelO]

* Reading here again, I should point out that SwissAdA showed me this technique. All credit to him for solving the issue.

Thanks, P!

[bobbystahr]

* Reading here again, I should point out that SwissAdA showed me this technique. All credit to him for solving the issue.

Thanks, P!

Man o man am I ever glad you chimed in...Been crediting Ulco for this technique when I learned it from you here and you got it from SwissAdA...is SwissAdA a member here?

[Dune]

Did you? Well, don't credit me for everything, Bobby 

[bobbystahr]

Did you? Well, don't credit me for everything, Bobby 

heh heh, keep confusing my gurus

[dandelO]

Yes, Bobby. He produces wonderful aircraft scenes, thus my questioning him on prop-blur to prise out the secret!

[dandelO]

Lovely gallery here... swissada.deviantart.com/gallery/

[bobbystahr]

Yes, Bobby. He produces wonderful aircraft scenes, thus my questioning him on prop-blur to prise out the secret!

good trick...hee hee hee...do y speak Swiss as well...that would have helped. Prop blur....d'oh....got some old prop planes I'd like to fly in TG.

[bobbystahr]

Lovely gallery here... swissada.deviantart.com/gallery/

I'm fast, found him shortly after I posted. Searched here and took it from there...thanks all the same.

[dandelO]

There might be an old post at Ashundar with node shots and explanations on how to blur a propeller that I posted. I'll look...

[bobbystahr]

There might be an old post at Ashundar with node shots and explanations on how to blur a propeller that I posted. I'll look...

I got some Poser files from rendo when I worked there but could never get em working and forgot about the project....hope I didn't delete it.
Lemme know if they're there and I'll pick em up as a guideline at least. You would have included maps I'm guessing and that would be valuable tute stuff.
I learn best from pictures(ex comix artist) and doing(current hippie artist)

[Dune]

You'd have to replace the object's propellors by a disc/flat square with the blurred image map textured onto it. Or add the disc/square, but make the propellors' opacity zero to keep the plane intact.

[Hannes]

It's necessary to have a separate object as the blur-propeller-plane, so that you can uncheck "cast shadows" for that, otherwise you'll have a nasty square shaped shadow.

[bobbystahr]

Thanks Dune and Hannes....I see now where I screw'd up trying to use the plane's prop....D'oh...rookie error. Did that often in Imagine3D but it's been since 2010 since I had that program to work with(computer won't install it, sigh) and I think I've forgotten almost as much as I'd learn'd/figgered out.

[bobbystahr]

You'd have to replace the object's propellors by a disc/flat square with the blurred image map textured onto it. Or add the disc/square, but make the propellors' opacity zero to keep the plane intact.

Indeed, save on having 2 models; in flight and landed...Did that with the landing gear already as I recall...must get back to that project even if I have to rebuild the .tgd from scratch.