Mapping graphics to form without a texture.

[jabbati]

How can I map a graphic to a form leaving only the graphic and no texture on the form?

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

You can enlarge graphic size

[jabbati]

I'm not sure how enlarging the size will solve my question.  I would like to map my graphics onto a sphere but only leave the graphics and not the sphere. 

[Ussnorway]

• first turn down the graphic opacity until you can 'see' the material under it, about 20% is a good starting point
• then click the material and turn up its translucency to around 50%... adjust as needed but be aware that full rendor will be needed to really 'see' the image and what you get in ui is only a preview

example

[jabbati]

Thank you for you response and diagrams.  Much appreciated.

Cheers,

Joseph

[jabbati]

I want to take the texture of the form to 0% and leave the graphics on top at 100% but when I make the sphere with 0% the graphics are also taken away.  I just want to see the graphics floating over an invisible shape.

[Ussnorway · Accepted solution]

yes but that means you have no texture since texture is a material effect and you don't want the material to show at all

example;

I made this by place a decal on the flat disc (included with Dimension) then I pushed the translucency 100%... at this point I can only use the default [blank material] because Dimension doesn't have true transparency I now have to trick the rendor

I would make my own mdl but an easy option is to send the material "image" (in this example it should be a blank white square because we didn't add any materials) to Photoshop... I add a new blank 'transparent" layer and delete the first layer and save

note this doesn't remove any default Dimension materials and is only a temp fix

also note you can't have a 100% + textures... to see the textures at least some of the base material must be showing

[Ussnorway]

Update: this work around is no longer an option with the current build of Dimension because the way it reads maps and even the size of them has changed

Good news = it is still possible to create this effect ; example file

Bad news = you have to use an opacity map which is a pain because they have auto scale | tile effects which can't be turned off from within the ui so it takes time to line your maps up with the decal image

[hdunce]

How do you create an opacity map? 

[Ussnorway]

In slow talk an opacity map is a two colours image where white is 'show' & black is ' hide'... I like to use Photoshop but almost any drawing software can make them