John (ProComGer) | 10 years ago | 10 comments | 1.9K views
Hello everyone,
how was the blending effect in the template "ReedSmoke2.bt" done?
It is a preset that comes with BluffTitler.
How was the blending effect at the end done that the font becomes transparent for the objects behind and the foreground white???
I thought there was used the "Subtractive_Blending.fx", but I didn't see in the file.
Thank you in advance!
John
"ReedSmoke2.bt"
NO: CORRECT IS: "RedSmoke2.bt".
MY FAULT!
John (ProComGer), 10 years ago
At the end of Text Effects\RedSmoke2.bt the ambient light is set to white (255,255,255).
The text is black and black stays black.
michiel, 10 years ago
Thanks Michiel,
the text becomes transparent at the end.
You can see the plasma through the text layer.
How does this work???
John
John (ProComGer), 10 years ago
The plasma is rendered in front of the text. Because it is using additive blending it is invisible on the white background and visible on the black text.
michiel, 10 years ago
OK. I didn't find additive blending in the file.
I looked through all the settings but additive blending was not used, I think.
John (ProComGer), 10 years ago
ReflectiveFloor_ReflectionMap_Additive.fx is used by layers 6,7 and 8.
The postfix "_Additive" means that it is using additive blending.
You can quickly see this by choosing HELP > TECHNICAL INFO.
When you click the SHADERS tab in the same dialog you can see all the shaders (effects) that are being used.
michiel, 10 years ago
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Thanks.
So "ReflectiveFloor_ReflectionMap_Additive.fx" has the extension "additive" and this effects the additive blending!
I didn't see the combination!
Thank you very much,
John
John (ProComGer), 10 years ago
No. The filename does not "effect" anything.
When you rename the effect to "MyVeryOwnEffect.fx" it still does the same thing.
michiel, 10 years ago
"No. The filename does not "effect" anything."
-> Yes. I know that but I didn't write clearly enough ;-).
I wanted to say that the difference between the preset without the extension and the one with is that the first one has the command to execute the additive effect on the layer inside source code.
Of course I can rename the effect to whatever I want and it will not change the effect on the layer!
Thanks,
John
John (ProComGer), 10 years ago
