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How can I make the basic materials transparent when sculpting

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#1

Hi, I would like to be able to apply some translucent materials to some sub tools while I am actively sculpting.

I am looking to get the effect of the Green Glass matcap that is available to download from the Pixologic site, in more colors, with more transparency.

I did see how to modify the color of the green glass material with the hue modifiers. But there is no transparency slider, so I cant seem make this material more translucent?

I tried to work with the non matcap materials like jellybean and use the transparent slider
but I could not get any translucent effect ? Wondering why this is?

Thanks

#2

Material transparency is a legacy feature that doesn’t work in Edit mode. If you want to make subtools transparent while you sculpt you are limited to either the Transform>Transp and Ghost buttons or, for working with reference images on the grid, the Draw>Fill Mode.

For info on the grids:
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/reference-images/grids/

#3

Thanks for that info Marcus.