gazzamataz Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hi Hashers I have to post this cos it is basically driving me nuts, so I thought one of you lovely lot could help me try and figure it out. I have attached an image which is a comp of two separate leaf textures I am working on. Both where created in exactly the same way and applied in the same way. Yet the one on the left has the obvious halos around it's edges the one on the right doesn't. Why am I getting this? I have tried using alpha channels incorporating anti-aliased edges and non-antialiased edges - both produce the same results. I have used defringe in Photoshop to ensure there are no white pixels on the borders of both set of leaves yet these orrible 'alos won't budge… Answers on a postcard… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Does your color (RGB channels) extend beyond the edges of your Alpha Channel? It looks like the Alpha is (every so slightly) larger that your color channels. Try filling in your color channel to match the base color of your leaves. Quickly thrown together example below--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I recommend making a targa image for your alphas rather than using the "key colour" feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingo Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 What is happening is the edges in photoshop are anti aliasing, you actually want your edges to be aliased and just let AM correct the aliasing. I beleive there is a tutorial of this somewhere, maybe even in the book that came with AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dearmad Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 He DID try aliased edges. I've run into this problem before and thought it would be fixed. What version is this problem occuring in? I've run into it a lot in 8.5 and no amount of fidgeting with any minor adjustments seems to help sometimes. Some images cookie-cut perfectly and others, seemingly EXACTLY the same as far as the pertinent qualities go, have halos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamataz Posted August 9, 2004 Author Share Posted August 9, 2004 Dingo, as Dearmad said I have tried it using aliased and anti-aliased edges without success. For the record I am using AM 10.5r. I think I will try the tips offered by Smudge and KenH. If I am not mistaken there was a tutorial on anti-aliasing by TinCan but from what I remember he said to do exactly what I have already done/tried. I will have another look at his helpful website. Thanks folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dearmad Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Let us know if you end up succeeding. I'd love to understand what you changed/did in order to fix this, if you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamataz Posted August 14, 2004 Author Share Posted August 14, 2004 Dearmad I used smudges technic and it fixed it good and proper! Thankyou smudge and sorry for being so long replying. I will post results later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Thankyou smudge Glad to be of help. Can't wait to see the final results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamataz Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Well Smudge you asked for it ! Here's a glimpse. It's not finished yet I have still to get rid of obvious tiles, improve the grass and various other little tweaks before I am happy with it. after all that work on the leaves and they're only in the background god doesn't 3D take up your time… it's worth it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 after all that work on the leaves and they're only in the background Yeah, but if you didn't take the time to set them up right, they'd have stuck out like sore thumbs and made everything else in the pic feel "off". Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 now I know your all mad ,that lady is never gonna fit through that door ,Great looking render terrific scene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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