Create a Transparency

1. Create a NURBs plane and sphere;
2. Position items one on top of each other.
   
3. Color the plane and apply a texture Blinnto the sphere
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4. Adjust the Transparency of your sphere
   • – Select the sphere and adjust the Transparency attribute in the Attribute Editor.
   • – Black is opaque and white is transparent.
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5. You can also add a map to the Transparency.
   • – Add a checkered map to the transparency attribute for the Blinn material.
   • – The checkered material gives you two values to adjust for transparency.
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   • – View the results you will have to render your scene. You can however, turn on viewport 2.0 on your stage (STAGE || Renderer > Viewport 2.0) to see you changes on the stage but this depends if your video card supports viewport 2.0.
   • – Also have hardware texturing turned on.
6. Use a Ramp Texture for your transparency.
   • – Select your sphere and RT + CLICK > Favorite Material > Ramp.
   • – This will delete your Blinn material and apply your ramp material.
   • – Add another color in the Transparency > selected color attribute.
   • – Notice the affect on the sphere.
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   • You can also add acheckeredmap one of the selected colors in he transparency. Note: they are separate.
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   • Another important element is the Color Input.
     • Color Input affects the output of your transparency.
     • -ex: Facing Input: Any color facing you is affected.
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