3ds4 - layers

[blah-de-blah]

i was wondering how you would change the layering like you could in fireworks and photoshop and stuff. becauase i wanna make some objects on top of the other, is there a 'layers' panel or somethin similar? thx

[eilsoe]

Originally posted by blah-de-blah
i wanna make some objects on top of the other


what...? stacking objects...??

[blah-de-blah]

sorry i'm not sure what you mean, but i basically jsut want to be able to change which objects cover which, like the on in fireworks...

[eilsoe]

I've never seen layers in 3ds...

although you can (when rendering stills), save both the render, and then the alpha mask.

then just hide the objects u dont want rendered, and then render, and save alpha channel as well, then hide the ones u just rendered, and render the ones that was hiding before, again with the alpha channel.

then import the lot to photoshop, the 2 renders, and then use the alpha channels to make to top layer transparent, then place it on top of the other one :)


that's also a way of keeping the stuff u want on top...

[blah-de-blah]

how exactly do you 'hide'? :q:

[eilsoe]

right-click your object, and press "hide selection"..

if you want it back, just right-click anywhere in the veiwport, and press "unhide all".


Or press "H" and do it from there :)

[blah-de-blah]

hmm, i was looking for more of a layer type instead of it all dissapearing...

wait, when you said alppha mask, what did you mean..? maybe that will make the difference :) sorry i know these are newbie questions heh C:-)

[eilsoe]

I can't remember right now.. sorry :(

been a tough day...

[blah-de-blah]

damn, ah well its alrite i understand...
just hope someone who knows howta figure out my problem will read this post :)

[DDD]

Are you referring to stcking materials or actual objects? I know you can stack materials to make different effects never heard of stcking objects. What exactly are you trying to do?

[blah-de-blah]

ok, basically, i'm uising this tutorial:

www.3dtotal.com and if you go to freestuff>tutorials>and then the robot, thats the one i'm doing.

and its basically made of basic shapes (likes circles and stuff). so i just want to be able to control which circles go on top of which (basically thinking of something like working with layers in fireworks or something). i hope that is clear. thx

[andr.in]

Well... 3D Studio Max is 3D! If an object is behind another then... the object is behind the other!

[blah-de-blah]

ahh yeaa, good point abouit it being 3d. so i guess i just have to reduce the sizes of my shapes to make them look like they're on top of one another and stuff...

lemme try that, thx i never woulda thought of that :)

[morse]

You can move an object back (y-axis) and it will be behind the other stuff.