Tag: transparency

  • Victorian Interiors – Set 1, Take 2

    An explanation and an announcement Charity Tearfall posted a brief, complimentary review of the Victorian Interior textures on XstreetSL (thanks!), but suggested that it would be good if the windows were transparent. Well, she’s right, it’s always useful for windows to be transparent! Unfortunately, and as you are probably aware if you are a resident,…

  • Transparently Obvious

    Montague: Carruthers, look at this. Observe it closely. Carruthers: There appears to be nothing there, Montague. Montague: So it would appear, my dear Carruthers, but appearances can be deceptive… I briefly looked at transparency in the third of my Texture tutorials, but it’s a subject which deserves a more in-depth look, because in spite of…

  • Tutorial 3: More Options

    One underused area of the texture dialog is the ‘Bumpiness’ dropdown. This adds ‘depth’ details to your texture. The effect on an existing texture is often subtle, but can be useful to add a touch of additional realism. Here’s an example. The box on the right has the Darkness bumpmap applied to it: However, you…