Forum - Tips & Tricks - Opacity workaround - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Forum - Tips & Tricks - Opacity workaround - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:27 GMT Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:27 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from ziggy72 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:27 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Dreeko Dreeko wrote:
ziggy72 wrote:
Good Posting

Nice one - any ideas on how you could get car windows to do the same? I'd really love to have cars you can see into. Is there something in Sketchup I can change to enable the opacity to work? I've tried every import option to get them, and it just aint happening.


I imported a car from sketchup for the same reason but before exporting I deleted the windows allowing me to see into the car but I imagine if you have a png texture with say 30% opacity and you import the texture into muvizu for use on the car windows assuming you haven't deleted them like me then it should work providing you have imported the object with opacity selected

I'll have a go when I get home tonight but I'm sure its possible

Cheers

D


It works and it doesn't.
If you import the car with the alpha set to opacity, then yes you can have tinted windows that you can see right through to the inside of the car, but sadly the whole car also has a weird transparency thing happening cos when you look at the car you can see the wheels through the body of the car as if the whole thing were made of glass so i would delete the windows in sketchup before importing and colour and texture the rest of it in muvizu
see below...

]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:38:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Neil pyrrho wrote:
Neil, don't encourage him. He's dangerous. Whaaaaa?


Meh, not my problem. I'm on holiday all this week. ]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:58:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Dreeko pyrrho wrote:
Neil wrote:
Dreeko wrote:
If only we has the ability to use avi files with transparency then we could have some really cool effects!


No promises, but I'm going to have a look at that if/when I get chance.


Neil, don't encourage him. He's dangerous. Whaaaaa?


Good man Neil!

Dangerous Dreeko! My new super villain name thanks Pyrrho!
Muuhahaha!! ( evil laugh ! )

D]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:27:00 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from pyrrho Neil wrote:
Dreeko wrote:
If only we has the ability to use avi files with transparency then we could have some really cool effects!


No promises, but I'm going to have a look at that if/when I get chance.


Neil, don't encourage him. He's dangerous. Whaaaaa?]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:51:54 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Neil Dreeko wrote:
If only we has the ability to use avi files with transparency then we could have some really cool effects!


No promises, but I'm going to have a look at that if/when I get chance.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:29:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Dreeko Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:13:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Dreeko ziggy72 wrote:
Good Posting

Nice one - any ideas on how you could get car windows to do the same? I'd really love to have cars you can see into. Is there something in Sketchup I can change to enable the opacity to work? I've tried every import option to get them, and it just aint happening.


I imported a car from sketchup for the same reason but before exporting I deleted the windows allowing me to see into the car but I imagine if you have a png texture with say 30% opacity and you import the texture into muvizu for use on the car windows assuming you haven't deleted them like me then it should work providing you have imported the object with opacity selected

I'll have a go when I get home tonight but I'm sure its possible

Cheers

D]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:52:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from ziggy72

Nice one - any ideas on how you could get car windows to do the same? I'd really love to have cars you can see into. Is there something in Sketchup I can change to enable the opacity to work? I've tried every import option to get them, and it just aint happening.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:06:29 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic858-opacity-workaround.aspx Message from Dreeko

be sure to apply the texture to the object and re size it to the objects size before exporting from sketchup to ensure it fits on the object within muvizu

lighting could be a problem though as things get weird when you dim the lights


thought this might be helpful

cheers

D]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:43:32 GMT