1. TRANSPARENCY USING ALPHA CHANNELS

2. IN PHOTOSHOP MAKE AN IMAGE 512 X 512 RGB, WITH WHITE BACKGROUND ADD AN ALPHA CHANNEL

3. ON THE ALPHA CHANNEL: WHITE IS OPAQUE BLACK IS TRANSPARENT GREY IS TRANSLUCENT

4. SAVE AS A *.TGA FILE TO YOUR I-DRIVE IT MUST BE 32 BITS/PIXEL TO SAVE THE ALPHA CHANNEL

5. IMPORT TO 3dVIZ USING A BITMAP IN THE DIFFUSE MAP CHANNEL.

6. MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE RENDER WINDOW ONE

7. TWO

8. THREE.

9. I’VE APPLIED THE TEXTURE TO A CUBE. MAKE SURE YOU UVW MAP THE OBJECT AND HAVE SHOW MAP IN VIEWPORT TURNED ON. (DON’T FORGET TO UNCHECK THE ‘USE REAL-WORLD SCALE’ BOXES IN BOTH PLACES, AND MAKE THE UV TILING = 1.) LOVELY!

10. MAKE SURE ALPHA IS TICKED WHEN YOU IMPORT THE *.TGA FILE INTO THE UNREAL ED.

11. RIGHT CLICK THE TEXTURE TO ACCESS ITS PROPERTIES. MAKE THE SURFACE IS TWO SIDED (TO SEE IT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS) AND bAlphaTexture.

12. DONE!