How to make transparent textures

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hansmex
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How to make transparent textures

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Hello all :-)

Does anyone have a suggestion how you can make semi-transparent textures?

I can think of several scenarios:
- Partially transparent walls: here I want to apply a texture to a wall. Where the GIF or PNG image is transparent, the wall should be transparent as well.
- Partially transparent objects: let's say I create a cube with a texture applied to one face. Where the image is transparent the cube should be transparent as well.

These images help explain what I want to achieve.

I tried some variations, but sofar without success.
Hopefully someone has good suggestions.

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Re: How to make transparent textures

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I am interested in how to do this as well.
Anybody any suggestions?

Thanks!
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Re: How to make transparent textures

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A basic search would give you many answers to accomplish this.
Depending on your system you can use one of the suggested solutions here: https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-make-b ... ansparent/

If you only have a single image you want to convert there are many online sites where you can do easily this for free.

I always use GIMP. Basicly you add and aphachannel to the image and set the transparency to a selected color. The link I gave also explains how to remove a background for an image using different graphics programs.

Remember to save in a format that supports transparency, for example PNG. (JPG doesn't support transparency.)
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Re: How to make transparent textures

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Bonjour.

J'ai aussi découvert par hasard une possibilité de Power Point (pour ceux qui l'utilisent) et c'est très pratique.

Regardez la vidéo suivante.

https://youtu.be/zvEbOjns9Tc

J'ai testé et ça marche très bien.

Adobe Express, une application en ligne gratuite, est aussi très intéressante et très simple à utiliser.

Image initiale :

Image

Image produite par Adobe Express :

Image

L'arrière plan, qui apparait en blanc sur l'image, est en fait transparent.

Texture obtenue et appliquée sur la face avant d'un cube de 100*100*1 dans SWH:

Image

Image finale en 3D dans SWH:

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