Leaf white glow alpha emergency

[Brett]

Help – I have been spoiled by RPC and have forgotten the answer to this question. I have a leaf with an alpha channel that I am using for ground cover. I am having the “white glow blues” around the edge of the leaf. I remember something about specularity but cant recall. I have also tried to shrink the alpha channel around the leaf but this does not help.

 

Thanks

 

Brett

[Paulcalif]

Put an instance of the opacity map in the specular color, to mask out the specular highlights in the transparent areas.

 

Also, if you are using a tga file, with a built in alpha channel, make sure to set the following:

 

Diffuse Channel:

Alpha source - None

Mono Channel Output - RGB Intensity

 

Opacity Channel:

Alpha source - Image Alpha

Mono Channel Output - Alpha

 

Failing to set these up this way, for TGA's with included alpha maps, will also cause white halos.

 

Paul