poor decal rendering in SW2006

BlankI have been attempting to render a decal that was originally a high
quality scanned greyscale bitmap. no matter what resolution I use, the
result is always poor and blurry. I have searched for a solution elsewhere,
with proposed solutions ranging from changing the anti-alias settings to
modifying hlr/hlv resolution, but still crappy decals! any ideas?

thanks

Jim

 

Hi Jim,

I made simular experiences a while ago and I found out that the auto masking
function within PW
creats blury, fuzzy edges and aliased contours. My workaround was to creat
corresponding masks
in an external graphic-software (Photoshop) eg. by inverting the image or by
precisely selecting a
color-chanel and merging it to the desired transparency.

Hope this helps with your problem.

Success

Jochen