Billboards...
 

Hi everyone

I faced a little problem using Alice, the thing is that I want to incorporate billboards in one of my animations in Alice, yet the problem is that billboards turn out to have a background layer either black or white, so a particular cut out image comes out with a background. I have tried different file formats including PNG, but nothing works... :confused: So is it even possible to create something of your own and import it to Alice (maybe in 3D?) And btw the "import" function for some reason does not work... or I can not find where Alice imports the files.

Thanks a lot

Sabina

Could you upload the world your haveing the problem with and the image file your trying to import?

1. Your .png image has to use "alpha level" transparency - single color transparency (like used in .gif files) won't work. Photoshop, etc. support this, though MS Paint unfortunately doesn't. You can also use a free program, Irfanview ([url]http://www.irfanview.net/[/url]).

2. You have to use the "Make Billboard" command to get the billboard into the world. You can then import alternate images for the billboard as textures.

[QUOTE=DrJim;9350]1. Your .png image has to use "alpha level" transparency - single color transparency (like used in .gif files) won't work. Photoshop, etc. support this, though MS Paint unfortunately doesn't. You can also use a free program, Irfanview ([url]http://www.irfanview.net/[/url]).

2. You have to use the "Make Billboard" command to get the billboard into the world. You can then import alternate images for the billboard as textures.[/QUOTE]

Or nvm DrJim is here to save the day!