LIE transparent - Solved

Dax Avalange

When you use LIE to put tattoos on layers, have you ever expereienced that during rendering the tattoo is semi-transparent, or subtracted color? Here, to me this happens. Let me explain; I select my texture from he surface list ethen I open LIE, I add a new layer and select the tattoo. I press accept button then I see the texture on viewport. And so far, ok. When the rendering, I see a semi-transparent tattoo or a color like a Photoshop "subtract layer" (half pink, half green like). I state that, in this my character I'm going to put a tattoo on the face.

Thank you for the solution (I hope).

 

 

"Max-S Comic Book Artist - Lara Croft Land Of Avalon" 

Richard Haseltine

Is the tattoo in PNG format with an alpha channel?

Dax Avalange

It's transparent PNG, I made it in PSCC. But there's not a separate Alpha channel if this you mean.

Richard Haseltine

The PNG transparency is controlled by an alpha channel in the file. Try removing the transparency and isntead use a mask layer in LIE - I think that should resolve your issue.

Dax Avalange

Oh great Richard! So, in PS I will do the tattoo and save without transparency, then in LIE I add a mask layer, correct? I let you know! ;)

Dax Avalange

Hey Richard, your solution is good but maybe I forgot something. I mean, I load the png tattoo with a white background, then a mask in LIE, I also used multiplicative blend in the blend mode parameters but in rendering always the semi-transparency. I show you the rendering and parameters I used.

jestmart

Is there a make-up in the Diffuse Overlay channel?

Dax Avalange

?!?!? Sure, the "trytopressbuttonsrandomlyandsoonorlaterwillfindtherightone" theory, correct? Original solution I'd say... (inncredible...)

Anyway I found soulution (by myself with a little help from Richard, as usual)

 

Thanks anyone