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Mesh to Alpha?

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#1

I’ve searched the forums, but haven’t found anything that looks promising. What I’m looking to do is pretty straightforward, I hope. I’ve built a patch of chainmail, and I want to turn it into an alpha for sculpting purposes (because draping a character for a game in chainmail would quickly blow the polycounts through the roof :lol:).

#2

You have something that looks right in the viewport? Grab document(alpha tile) not sure if you want CC on or off.

#3

There are two ways. As Doug says, GrabDoc in the Alpha palette is one way.

  1. Alpha>Transfer>GrabDoc will give you a depth map of the canvas just as you see it.

  2. Selecting and using Tool>MRGZGrabber gives you the option to crop the result to the edges of the object.

*The CC switch is nothing to do with GrabDoc - it is used with the CropAndFill button and will clear any color already on the canvas before filling with the selected alpha.

#4

Thanks! That did the job splendidly!