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What is the correct method using transparencies

jgarnold

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I have taken a Google Earth satellite image of a small area of ground which I want to place into my scenery.

Using my favourite image editor (Paint Shop Pro) I used the eraser tool with hardness set to 'feather' the edges.

I then creates a plane in Blender and added the image as a material to cover the plane and export using the Asobo exporter.

When place this using Devmode (I use projected mesh object) the feathered edges are highly visible. (see image below with red arrow pointing to the feathered edges)

I feel that I have missed something.

sechelt_helipad_transparency.jpg
 
Thanks Dick. I used a feathered edge a long time ago with for adding custom aerial imagery with success which I know is a different thing but wondered if I had missed something.

Thanks again


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I don't know what is worse, no feathering or 'jaggies'.

On the image below is the same satellite image with no feathering yet when added as a projected mesh it has 'jaggies' along most edges.
Compare to when I add the same image as a scenery object there are no jaggies.

Is this what you referred to in another thread that projected mesh is (did you say) faulty (buggy)?

There is a very slight slope to the ground where the helipad is but I can fix that by 'flattening' the area with a terrforming plygon.


JAGGIES.jpg
 
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