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  • PNG transparency on an invisible plane

    Posted by Jon Simpson on July 14, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    Im trying to figure out how to fit a .png to a plane and have the transparency work on the .png and the plane be invisible. Not having any luck…

    Adam Trachtenberg replied 12 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Adam Trachtenberg

    July 14, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    Create a material and load your png into the alpha channel. Then place the material on the plane.

  • Jon Simpson

    July 14, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    Excellent, thanks! Now the only issue I have is that it is casting a shadow fine on the background but it should also be reflecting. I have the texture set on both sides and I turned up the reflectivity on the background to make sure it wasn’t showing. The background is reflecting all of the other elements just fine.

  • Adam Trachtenberg

    July 14, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    My guess is that you don’t have any light shining on the back side of the PNG plane, so the background is just reflecting darkness.

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