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>The effect I am looking for is feathered edges on each of
>the polys so that the image fades in from black at the edges to a clear
>image on the majority of the poly.

I would screen grab using ADPro the shape in Modeler, full screen face view.
I then would use my paint program of choice, Alpha Paint. In Alpha paint I
would put the wire frame screen gram in a buffer, switch buffers and select
"Onion Skin". Then I wound paint a solid white shape using the shape in the
background (screen grab) as my guide. I then would use Alpha's tools to
smooth out the edge's as much as I need them to be. Last I would cut out a
brush of this new white shape. When you cut the brush use the box tool with
cut and cut the brush getting as close to each edge but still cutting the
entire shape. Save this brush as trans_Shape.map and load it into LW. Load
the trans_Shape.map from the Images menu. Select the shape object you used
and in the Suface's , transparency "T"exture section, select Planar and the
image name. Select Auto Size. Finished.
Now I know this seams like a long proceedure but you get exact placment of a
image map. I use the above method for all my complex image mapping and I
never have to mess with all the size and axis ...... adjustments that drive
me crazy. I'm like alot of people, an X Imagine user. I think LW whips
Imagine and thats why I switched but I got so comfortable with visual
placment tools that I use the above method to yield the effect I want.

Oh yeah, Positron Publishing is porting Dynamic Motion Module to the PC but
as a IPAS plug-in. Also a program call 3D Mesh Paint, which will allow you to
paint in 3D thus eliminating my method and answers all the Decal questions
thats been around on the list lately. But I think it to might be a IPAS
plug-in. I hope that they make LW plug-in's or at the least make stant alone
versions of there software.


Later,
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 Jose Burgos
 JD Media Inc.
 Home of "Into the Light" ([e-mail])
 262 92nd Street
 Brooklyn, NY 11209
 718-836-2821
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 Computer Graphic Imagery

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