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Hey Mike, guess what...it worked! :) Thanks so much for the CAR file,
it was really helpful.
I did find out one thing though; even though the "plane" of the
terrain relief is transparent, if it comes in contact with the object
containing the glass shader, it will become visible to some degree.
Perhaps it is an additive thing; transparent objects mixing with
non-transparent objects yields a degree of visibility in the
transparent object. I don't know, but I was able to work around it by
bringing the relief just a little forward of the glass object and it
worked just fine.
BTW, the meeting went really well and even though I showed the other
material, they really liked the logo design and are looking forward to
seeing the glass and other variations. So I will be send the glass
version out in a few minutes.
Thanks again for the help and I appreciate everyone's assistance with
this. I am planning on exploring the other options folks gave to see
how they work.
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
(a newbie)
--- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers" <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
wrote:
> I'd like to thank everyone for their responses to my problem! :)
>
> Mike and MDC, I think I will try your approaches first. I don't know
> why I didn't think of using Anything Grooves [ but perhaps its because
> I just got it in and have only used it twice so far. :) ].
>
> Unfortunately, I have almost burnt my dinner rushing around and have
> bearly enough time to print out the logo designs modifications that I
> do have rendered. I have to rush out of the door to the meeting in a
> few minutes but I can at least inform them of more to come when I get
> there.
>
> Thanks again to everyone...you guys (and gals) are great! :) I'll let
> you know how everything goes.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Claudia
> "Selocic"
> (a newbie)
>
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Mike Moir" <mmoir@(protected)> wrote:
> > Claudia if you want the land to be semi-transparent , just move one
> of the
> > sliders in the transparency channels two source channels in my
> example file
> > I posted.You could also add some reflection too.
> > Mike.
> > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > From: "Mike Moir" <mmoir@(protected)>
> > To: <Carrara@(protected)>
> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Carrara] UPDATE - Need Help ASAP! - Modifying Terrain
> > Objects....
> >
> >
> > > Claudia ,
> > > I just posted a revision to your .car file. It uses a mixer in the
> > > Transparency channel . Check it out. The easiest way would be to
> use a
> > > black and white bitmap in the transparency channel. If you just
> wanted the
> > > verticle outline of the continents then uss slope instead of
> elevation in
> > > the my carrara file.
> > > Mike
> > > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > > From: "ccoles_avengers" <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > To: <Carrara@(protected)>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 4:24 PM
> > > Subject: [Carrara] UPDATE - Need Help ASAP! - Modifying Terrain
> > Objects....
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have also provided a CAR file of the exact terrain that I am
> using.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/world%20map_terrain%20relief.car
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Claudia
> > > > "Selocic"
> > > > (a newbie)
> > > >
> > > > --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
> <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry for the urgent post but I have been trying to tackle
> this for
> > > > > quite sometime and have not yet found a remedy.
> > > > >
> > > > > This evening I have a meeting at which I would like to present
> a rough
> > > > > draft of a logo that I have working on. I'm trying to show a
> variety
> > > > > of materials and I am finding that any glass or transparent
> material
> > > > > shows the "plane" part of the relief of a world map I am
using. I
> > > > > simply want the "relief" part; that is to say, just the
countries.
> > > > >
> > > > > Even though this is a rough draft, I don't want it to be THAT
> rough.
> > > > > There's got to be a way of selecting or cutting out and
> keeping only
> > > > > the "relief" part of the terrain map and leaving the "plane"
> behind.
> > > > > I tried to convert the terrain map to a vertex to attack it
> that way
> > > > > but it looses all of its detailed relief information. I tried
> > > > > importing it into AMAPI, but still got the same problem;
> complete loss
> > > > > of detail in the relief.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could anyone please shed any light on this? We meet only once
> a month
> > > > > and I wanted to have something to show them. I can show them
> the logo
> > > > > drafts made from other materials, but the glass one looks
> really nice
> > > > > and wanted to push that one. We meet in a couple of hours.
> Any help
> > > > > would be MOST appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the bitmap that I used in the Terrain Modeler:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/earthspec1_reverse%20matte.bmp
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > Claudia
> > > > > "Selocic"
> > > > > (a newbie)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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