hborre posted at 10:25 PM Fri, 26 May 2023 - #4466512

RAMWorks posted at 11:07 AM Fri, 26 May 2023 - #4466447

I'm guessing this may be a good way of applying makeup elements as well?  BUT this is for Physical Surface Root Node so how would one do this using Cycles? 

There are 2 methods of doing this with Cycles, depending on the type of image maps you are using, either JPG or PNG.  The PNG format will have an Alpha channel that you can conveniently use as your transparency map in such an arrangement.

To be a bit more precise, a PNG image CAN have an alpha channel, but not every PNG is created with one.  If the PNG image does not have an alpha channel, the JPG style shaders have to be substituted, or the image modified in GiMP or PhotoShop to add an alpha channel.

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