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Jack, That's another good suggestion. I'm going to try Kevin's idea about hidden objects first; if it doesn't work, it's on to the opacity map! Every time I work with 3-D Studio, I am reminded what a fine piece of work it is… of course, I can't wait for version…
Kevin, The hiding is a good idea; I haven't tried that. I had been moving the object out of camera range. I'll give it a try right now… Thanks! — Albert
Kevin, I assemble the sign in the 2-D shaper, loft it, and have a 3-D object that does what I want… until I put another one back-to-back with it. Then you see the one behind through the cutouts in the one in front. I want to just see the objects…
Aaron, Thanks for the reference. I'll give 'em a call! — Albert
The signs I'm making are more cutout than solid, and the effect doesn't work as I'd like it. Currently, I'm making each sign in two pieces, the solid border, and the cutout stuff. When the sign is on edge to the camera, I swap the stuff inside. It works OK,…
Thanks for the reference…
Doug, I'll check that out… thanks! — Albert
Gary, I haven't played with matte…. I don't want to hide *everything*, just certain things. For example, I'd like to make a rotating sign with cutout text that's different on each side… the background should be visible through the cuts. A selective mask object would make this easy. — Albert