Using the Alpha Channel

[Rodney]

Phil,

I'm falling behind... but I'll try to catch up.

 

 

I O U:

 

Filters

 

Raytracing operations like:

Mirrors

 

Does this include reflections, like on my Stalk character?

 

 

Raytrace shadows (especially multi-ray soft shadows)

 

What is the other method for creating shadows?

[Rodney]

I ran across this topic while looking for a few links on alpha channels and in reading back realized how much fun this one was for me. I'm not sure what all we settled on but we definitely explored things.

 

I'm not sure how deeply we've discussed Filters, Mirrors and Shadows elsewhere in the forum so those subjects may be still ripe for discussion one of these days.

[HomeSlice]

There is some information on Raytraced shadows and Z Buffered shadows in the basic lighting tutorial.

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=248997