Opacity misbehaviour on DAZ 4.3.1.16203

[Fatbear]

I noticed today that when lowering opacity on DAZ 4.3.1.16203 it lowers very little between each step between 1.0 and 0.5, then between 0.5 and 0.49 there is a huge change, and then again little change between 0.4 and 0.0.

Anybody else has this issue?

[Marcel2586]

I noticed this also, i think it has something to do with the grayscale.

[Fatbear]

Yes, I guess what we can do is to make a gray texture instead using the opacity button.

[Fatbear]

I tried using textures at 10%, 20% etc instead of the built in ones, but unfortunately the result is exactly the same. It is dark from 100% opacity to 50%, then suddenly turns very transparent at 40% and barely changes until 10%

There are a few more options using a texture and then changing the opacity option, but to define grades is a problem, have to try and see.

[Fatbear]

No... saddly there arent other options. If you use a 60% map and then lower 1 point it will be the same as using just 50% on the opacity button; lowering 2 points it will be 40% and turns very transparent. So it changes anything.

[sigstan]

Hmm, which render mode are we talking here, non-accelerated or accelerated?

[sigstan]

I just did a comparison render in CPU-No acceleration and CPU accelerated. There is a difference as can be seen here (Left bottom 0.1 - Right top 1.0):

Accelerated:

Non-accelerated:

Both ran for about 20 minutes using Bidirectional and Metropolis with same lighting.

In terms of gradual transition I think non-accelerated is the winner, although I agree with your observations.

But let's think about this in another way. Transparency is implemented by Reality as a "Mix" material that mixes the base texture with a null texture. The transparency number or the alpha map decides the blend. Since we are using the "Mix" material we can blend any kind of material, so if you tell me what kind of transparent material are you trying to emulate, then I might be able to give you a suggestion.

[Marcel2586]

If i use no texture and only the percentage slider. and it makes no difference if it is accelerated or not.

[sigstan]

If i use no texture and only the percentage slider. and it makes no difference if it is accelerated or not.

That is exactly what I did in the test renders in my previous reply. As you can see there is a small difference, which is usually always the case between accelerated and non-accelerated. They are after all two different render engines.

But overall I see you and Fatbear's point, which I why I'm asking what is the transparent material we are trying to emulate.

[Marcel2586]

When i did my tutorial on glasses with stains and the wooden table top. i used alpha maps on the geometry shells, and there it was sometimes difficult set the transparency in the right amount. Resulting in flipping back to Adobe photoshop to adjust the brightness and contrast. So i thought, it could be my screen that is to bright. But without textures it is also difficult to set it. This absolutely no fault of Reality in my opinion.