Alpha maps for light textures?

[pciccone]

Hi.

We can use textures for emitters but is it possible to have alpha maps mixed in? The idea is to have a textures, for example a flame, used for the basic emitter but to have parts of the texture not emitting light. AFAIK lights only take simple textures , not materials, and we can't have alpha channels in the texture. Am I wrong?

If I am correct then there would some benefit in implementing alpha channels in the textures instead of being forced to use mix materials for that.

Cheers.

[jeanphi]

Hi,

The transparency of the object is completely handled by the underlying material. The emission has no transparency, it only has a power, when it is 0, you don't have emission. For a flame, you can use a null material for the object and add emission on top of it.

Jeanphi

[pciccone]

Thanks.